Robert Douglas Coe

Robert Douglas Coe (February 27, 1902 – May 26, 1985) was a career diplomat and the U.S. ambassador to Denmark from 1953 to 1957.

Early life Coe was born on February 27, 1902. He was the second son of William Robertson Coe and Mai Huttleston Rogers Coe. His siblings included banker and railroad executive William Rogers Coe, philanthropist Henry Huttleston Rogers Coe, and Natalie Mai Coe who became the Countess Vitetti after she married Commendatore Leonardo Vitetti, the Italian Ambassador to France.

He attended St. Paul's School in Concord, New Hampshire. He later he received an A.B. in fine arts from Harvard University, and completed an M.A. at Magdalen College, Oxford, England.

Diplomatic Service Porto Alegre, Brazil1928–1930 Peru 1930–1931 Turkey 1931–1935 Calcutta, India 1935–1937 Washington, DC: The Balkans Desk 1937–1941 London 1941–1948 Holland 1948–1950 Washington, D.C. 1950–1952 Retired 1952 Recalled by President Eisenhower 1953 Ambassador to Denmark 1953–1957

Personal life As a board member of the Planting Fields Foundation and Chairman of the Board between 1971 and 1985, he helped spark interest in the early restoration work at Coe Hall, particularly the Breakfast Room ("Buffalo Room") murals and the conservation of paintings and stained glass.