Ilya Tolstoy (colonel)

Ilya Andreyevich Tolstoy
Born(1903-02-03)February 3, 1903
Tula Governorate, Russian Empire
Died(1970-10-28)October 28, 1970
New York City, United States
RankColonel

Count Ilya Andreyevich Tolstoy (3 February 1903 in Tula Governorate – 28 October 1970 in New York City) was a U.S. Army Colonel and President Franklin D. Roosevelt's envoy in Tibet. He was one of the founders of Marineland of Florida, of the Bahamas National Trust, and he served on the Caribbean Conservation Commission. He was a grandson of Leo Tolstoy.