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Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. banquet program and accompanying table plan issued for a formal dinner held in his honor by The Pilgrims, commemorating his appointment as United States Ambassador to the Court of St. James’s. The event took place on Friday, March 18, 1938, at Claridge’s Hotel, Brook Street, London, with the Rt. Hon. the Earl of Derby presiding. The offered material includes the original printed dinner program as well as the seating arrangements and alphabetical guest list, detailing prominent diplomats, political leaders, and international figures in attendance, including Kennedy’s placement among senior representatives of the British government and foreign embassies.

The program reflects Kennedy’s highly visible diplomatic role in the critical pre-World War II period, when he served as Ambassador from 1938 to 1940 and played a central, often controversial, role in U.S.–British relations during a time of escalating European tensions.

Fine condition overall, with expected age toning, scattered foxing, and light handling wear.

Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. (1888–1969) was a prominent American financier, diplomat, and political patriarch. Appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt as Ambassador to Great Britain in 1938, Kennedy was one of the most influential—and debated—American diplomats of the era. He later became the father of President John F. Kennedy and a central figure in shaping the political rise of the Kennedy family.

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