Hampson Boren Gary (April 23, 1873 in Tyler, Texas – April 18, 1952 in Palm Beach, Florida) was a Colonel, United States Army and American diplomat.
Biography
Gary was born to parents Franklin Newman and Martha Isabella (Boren) Gary. In 1886, after their deaths, he was placed under the legal guardianship of Dr. F. M. Hicks. After attending Bingham School in North Carolina and the University of Virginia in 1894, he practiced law in Tyler.
On June 24, 1896, Gary was commissioned a first lieutenant in the Fifth Infantry and was captain of Company K, Fourth Texas Volunteer Infantry Regiment during the Spanish-American War. When the war ended, he served with the Texas National Guard as colonel of the Third Texas Infantry Regiment.
Gary was a member of the Texas House of Representatives, January 8, 1901 – January 13, 1903, and the board of regents of the University of Texas, 1909–10.
