Domício da Gama

Domício da Gama
Gama, 1905–1925 photograph by Harris & Ewing
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
November 15, 1918  July 28, 1919
PresidentDelfim Moreira
Preceded byNilo Peçanha
Succeeded byAugusto Cochrane de Alencar
Ambassador of Brazil to the United Kingdom
In office
November 8, 1920  November 13, 1924
Nominated byEpitácio Pessoa
Preceded byAntônio da Fontoura Xavier
Succeeded byRaul Régis de Oliveira
Ambassador of Brazil to the United States
In office
June 10, 1911  October 22, 1918
Nominated byHermes da Fonseca
Preceded byJoaquim Nabuco
Succeeded byAugusto Cochrane de Alencar
Ambassador of Brazil to Argentina
In office
July 10, 1908  August 26, 1910
Nominated byAfonso Pena
Preceded byAssis Brasil
Succeeded byJosé Pereira da Costa Mota
Ambassador of Brazil to Peru
In office
April 2, 1907  June 4, 1908
Nominated byAfonso Pena
Preceded byEduardo Félix Simão dos Santos Lisboa
Succeeded byAugusto Cochrane de Alencar
Chargé d'Affaires of Brazil to Belgium
In office
October 7, 1901  February 1, 1903
Nominated byRodrigues Alves
Preceded byFrancisco Xavier da Cunha (as ambassador)
Succeeded byJosé Cordeiro do Rego Barros (as ambassador)
Personal details
Born(1862-10-23)October 23, 1862
Maricá, Rio de Janeiro, Empire of Brazil
DiedNovember 8, 1925(1925-11-08) (aged 63)
Rio de Janeiro, Federal District, Brazil
Spouse
Elizabeth Bates Volck Hearn
(m. 1912)
AwardsThanks of Congress
Congressional Gold Medal

Domício da Gama (October 23, 1862 – November 8, 1925) was a Brazilian journalist, diplomat and writer. He was Brazil's ambassador to the United States from 1911 to 1918. In 1918 he became Brazil's minister of Foreign Affairs. From 1919 to 1924, he served as Brazil's ambassador to the United Kingdom.