Ayres Phillips Merrill (1825–September 16, 1883) was an American planter and diplomat. He was the owner of a plantation in Adams County, Mississippi, and he served as the United States Minister Resident to Belgium from May 1876 to November 1877.[1][2] He graduated from Harvard University in 1845.[3] He and his family lived at Elms Court in Natchez.
He was the son of another Ayres Phillips Merrill, a physician.
References
- ^ "The Sad Intelligence". The Weekly Democrat. Natchez, Mississippi. September 19, 1883. p. 3. Retrieved July 24, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Ayres Phillips Merrill (1825–1883)". Office of the Historian. United States Department of State. Retrieved July 24, 2018.
- ^ "Quinquennial Catalogue of the Officers and Graduates of Harvard University, 1636-1915". 1915.
