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{{Short description|American diplomat}}{{Infobox officeholder
| name = William R. Tyler
| office = [[US Ambassador to the Netherlands]]
| term_start = June 23, 1965
| term_end = June 20, 1969
| predecessor = [[John S. Rice]]
| successor = [[J. William Middendorf II]]
| president = [[Lyndon B. Johnson]]
| image = William R Tyler.png
}}
'''William Royall Tyler''' (October 17, 1910 – November 16, 2003) was a [[United States]] [[diplomat]].
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William Royall Tyler was born in [[Paris]] in 1910. His father [[Royall Tyler (historian)|Royall Tyler]] (1884–1953) was an [[People of the United States|American]] and a descendant of [[Royall Tyler]] (1757–1826). His mother was an [[Italian people|Italian]], Countess Elisina de Castelvecchio. His mother was the great-great-granddaughter of [[Louis Bonaparte]], descending from Louis Bonaparte's illegitimate son [[François de Castelvecchio]] (1826–1869). Tyler was educated at [[Balliol College, Oxford]].
After college, Tyler spent five years working as an [[Guild of International Bankers|international banker]] in [[England]] and the United States. He then enrolled in [[Harvard University]], receiving a [[Master of Fine Arts]] During [[World War II]], Tyler worked in the [[United States Office of War Information]], first in [[Algeria]], and then as director of the Office of War Information in [[France]].[[File:William Tyler (1965).jpg|thumb|William Tyler, ambassador to the Netherlands, and wife (1965)]]After the war, Tyler joined the [[United States Foreign Service]], becoming a career diplomat. As a [[Foreign Service Officer]], he was stationed in [[Paris]], [[Bonn]], and [[The Hague]]. In 1962, [[President of the United States]] [[John F. Kennedy]] nominated Tyler as [[Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs]], and, after [[Senate confirmation]], Tyler held this office from September 2, 1962 until May 18, 1965. In 1965, President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] named Tyler [[United States Ambassador to the Netherlands]]; Tyler held this post from June 23, 1965 through June 20, 1969.
Tyler left government service in 1969, becoming director of the [[Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection]], one of the world's foremost [[research libraries]] in the field of [[Byzantine studies]]. He retired from this position in 1977.
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