Somerville Pinkney Tuck Jr. (May 3, 1891 – April 21, 1967) was an American diplomat. Early life "Kippy" Tuck was born on May 3, 1891 in New Brighton, Staten Island, New York. He was a son of Somerville Pinkney Tuck (1848–1923) and Emily Rosalie Snowden ( Marshall) Tuck (1858–1940), who died at her home in Bisterne in New Forest, England in April 1940. His father had been presiding judge of the International Court of Egypt. His siblings were William Hallem Tuck, Alexander John Marshall Tuck (who married four times), and Carola Marshall ( Tuck) Mills (wife of British MP Sir John Mills). His paternal grandparents were Margaret Sprigg Bowie ( Chew) Tuck and William Hallam Tuck, a Judge of the Maryland Court of Appeals from 1851 to 1861. His maternal grandparents were Sara Rebecca Nicholls ( Snowden) Marshall (daughter of Col. Thomas Snowden) and Col. Charles Marshall of Baltimore, a Confederate Adjutant and aide-de-camp to General Robert E. Lee. Among his five maternal uncles were attorney Hudson Snowden Marshall. Tuck went to boarding school in Switzerland, Germany and the United States before attending Dartmouth College, where he was known as a bon vivant, and graduated with the class of 1913. Career Upon his graduation from Dartmouth, he joined the diplomatic service of the U.S. Department of State. Early in his career, in the early 1920s Tuck was the American Consul at Vladivostok. In 1932, during the recess of the World Disarmament Conference in Geneva that Tuck was attending as an expert to the American delegation, he was designated first secretary of the legation at Prague, cancelling earlier plans to appoint him first secretary of the legation at Budapest. Tuck, during World War II, was the Foreign Service Officer who served as Chargé d'affaires to Vichy France until France severed diplomatic relations with the U.S. on November 8, 1942. After leaving that post, Tuck became the last envoy and first United States Ambassador to Egypt being appointed by President Roosevelt on May 4, 1944. He presented his credentials as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary on June 14, 1944. Upon the legation being raised to Embassy status, he was appointed the first Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Egypt on September 19, 1946, presenting his credentials on October 10, 1946, serving until he left his post on May 30, 1948. Tuck was "well regarded in Cairo for his ability to speak Egyptian and