Outerbridge Horsey

Outerbridge Horsey VI (1910 New York-August 18, 1983) was am American diplomat who served as First Secretary Consul at Rome (1947 to 1955), Minister and Counselor at Tokyo (1956-1958) and U.S. Ambassador to Czechoslovakia (1963-1966).

While working at the Embassy in Rome and when he was “handling Spanish Affairs”, Horsey was “a great admirer of General Franco ... (and) was a stanch believer in the right wing of the Christian Democratic party, which opposed the present alliance between Premier Fanfani and the Nenni Socialists.”

Horsey was educated at Downside School in Stratton-on-the-Fosse and attended Trinity College, Cambridge. He later worked on an engineering degree at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Horsey died of cancer at the Georgetown University Hospital.