Charles, marquis de La Valette
French politician and diplomat
The Marquis de La Valette | |
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| French Ambassador to the United Kingdom | |
| In office 1869–1870 | |
| Preceded by | Henri, prince de La Tour d'Auvergne |
| Succeeded by | Philippe de Rohan-Chabot |
| Minister of Foreign Affairs | |
| In office 17 December 1868 – 17 July 1869 | |
| Preceded by | Lionel de Moustier |
| Succeeded by | Henri, prince de La Tour d'Auvergne |
| In office 1 September 1866 – 2 October 1866 | |
| Preceded by | Édouard Drouyn de Lhuys |
| Succeeded by | Lionel de Moustier |
| Minister of the Interior | |
| In office 28 March 1865 – 13 November 1867 | |
| Preceded by | Paul Boudet |
| Succeeded by | Ernest Pinard |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Charles-Jean-Marie-Félix de La Valette (1806-11-25)25 November 1806 Senlis, Oise, France |
| Died | 2 May 1881(1881-05-02) (aged 74) Paris, France |
| Spouses | Maria Garrow Birkett (m. 1828; died 1831)Adeline Fowle Welles (m. 1842; died 1869)Georgiana-Gabrielle de Flahaut (m. 1871) |
Charles-Jean-Marie-Félix, marquis de La Valette (25 November 1806 – 2 May 1881) was a French politician and diplomat.[1]
Career
Charles de La Valette was Minister of the Interior and of Foreign Affairs in the government of Emperor Napoleon III.[1]
He was French Ambassador to Constantinople from 1851-53, before the Crimean War, then served as a government minister, before a posting to the Vatican (an ancestral family member Jean Parisot de Valette had been Grand Master of the Order of Malta).[2]
An Anglophile, he finally returned to London in an official capacity as French Ambassador from 1869 to 1870.[1]
Personal life
The Marquis married firstly Maria Garrow Birkett at London in 1828. Maria, a daughter of the late Daniel Birkett, Esq., of Isleworth, died in 1831, aged 24.[3]
In 1842, he married secondly to Adeline Fowle Welles (1799–1869), the widow of a Boston banker Samuel Welles, who died in 1841.[2] After twenty-seven years of marriage,[2] Adeline died in 1869.[4]
He married thirdly, in 1871, Georgiana-Gabrielle de Flahaut, marquise douairière de La Valette, who died in 1907; she was sister of Emily, Dowager Marchioness of Lansdowne.[5]
Honours
Marquis de France
Grand-croix, Légion d'honneur
Chevalier de Malte
See also
- Famille de La Valette-Parisot
References
- ^ a b c A.Robert et G.Cougny. "Charles, Jean, Marie, Félix LA VALETTE (1806 - 1881)" (in French). National Assembly (France), excerpted from the Dictionnaire des parlementaires français de 1789 à 1889. Retrieved 29 August 2012.
- ^ a b c "Bust of la Marquise de la Valette | Carpeaux, Jean-Baptiste". collections.vam.ac.uk. Victoria and Albert Museum. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
- ^ "The Gentleman's Magazine". E. Cave. 1828: 80. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ "Musée d'Orsay: Notice d'Oeuvre". www.musee-orsay.fr. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
- ^ "The Illustrated London News". William Little. 1869: 389. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
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External links
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- www.burkespeerage.com
- Bust of la Marquise de la Valette at the Victoria and Albert Museum
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| Preceded by | Minister of the Interior 28 March 1865 – 13 November 1867 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Minister of Foreign Affairs 1 September 1866 – 2 October 1866 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Minister of Foreign Affairs 17 December 1868 – 17 July 1869 | Succeeded by |
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Third cabinet of Napoleon III (2 December 1852 - 17 July 1869)
- Jacques Pierre Abbatucci
- Ernest de Royer
- Claude Alphonse Delangle
- Jules Baroche
- Édouard Drouyn de Lhuys
- Alexandre Colonna-Walewski
- Jules Baroche
- Édouard Thouvenel
- Édouard Drouyn de Lhuys
- Charles de La Valette
- Lionel de Moustier
- Charles de La Valette
- Théodore Ducos
- Jacques Pierre Abbatucci
- Ferdinand-Alphonse Hamelin, Prince Napoléon Bonaparte and Eugène Rouher
- Prosper de Chasseloup-Laubat
- Charles Rigault de Genouilly
Preceded by Second cabinet of Louis Napoleon • Followed by Fourth cabinet of Napoleon III
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