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During his four years as U.S. Ambassador to Jamaica, Millionaire Businessman Vincent de Roulet did not exactly keep a low diplomatic profile. He kept his 90-ft. luxury yacht Patrina docked in sunny Kingston harbor. He had 17 race horses and ran them at the local Cayman track. In his gray Checker limousine lay a cushion with the inscription: "This is my car and I sit where I please...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAMAICA: Our Man in Kingston | 8/6/1973 | See Source »

...Vincent de Roulet, a corporate executive and Ambassador to Jamaica since October...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CAMPAIGN: The Benefactors | 11/13/1972 | See Source »

...long been common to reward big contributors with ambassadorships, despite their lack of diplomatic experience. Large donors who made it under Nixon include Kingdon Gould Jr., who gave $22,000 and became ambassador to Luxembourg; Guilford Dudley Jr., $51,000, Denmark; John P. Humes, $43,000, Austria; Vincent De-Roulet, $44,500, Jamaica. A big giver under President Eisenhower, Maxwell H. Gluck, was embarrassed at confirmation hearings for his ambassadorship to Ceylon when he could not name that nation's Prime Minister...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLITICS: The Disgrace of Campaign Financing | 10/23/1972 | See Source »

August. In Paris, Justin Roulet was fined 5,000 francs for biting his neighbor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Jan. 1, 1951 | 1/1/1951 | See Source »

News. In Paris, Justin Roulet was fined 5,000 francs for biting his neighbor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Aug. 14, 1950 | 8/14/1950 | See Source »

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