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Stanley Baldwin

1920

Three times Prime Minister, he is the only premier to have served under three monarchs in Great Britain.

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Aristide Briand

1920

French statesman who served eleven terms as Prime Minister of France during the French Third Republic and was a co-laureate of the 1926 Nobel Peace Prize.

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Fernand Payen

1920

Marshall of the French Court of Appeals.

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Dr. Emile Coué

1920

Émile Coué (1857–1926) was a French pharmacist and philosopher. He visited in 1920.

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King Edward VIII

Thursday, November 13, 1919

Edward the Prince of Wales (who would later become King Edward VIII) visited Mount Vernon “very informally” by automobile, with a group which included American Vice President Thomas Riley Marshall.

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Albert of the Belgians

Albert I, King of the Belgians

October 29, 1919

On October 29, 1919, Their Majesties King Albert and Queen Elisabeth of Belgium, accompanied by Crown Prince Leopold, visited George Washington's Mount Vernon.

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Prince Yoshihisa Tokugawa

Thursday, July 18, 1918

Prince Yoshihisa Tokugawa, representing the Japanese Red Cross, visited Mount Vernon in 1918.

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