Paul Wolff Metternich

German diplomat (1853–1934)

Paul Wolff Metternich

Born	(1853-12-05)December 5, 1853 Bonn
Died	November 29, 1934(1934-11-29) (aged 80) Heppingen

Paul Anton Marie Hubert Graf Wolff Metternich zur Grach (December 5, 1853 – November 29, 1934) was a Prussian and German ambassador in London (1901–1912) and Constantinople (1915–1916). He was a prominent German opponent of Ottoman actions during the Armenian genocide.

Diplomatic career

Count Metternich held early diplomatic postings in London, Brussels and South America.

He was appointed Envoy Extraordinary from the German Empire to the Court of St. James's in September 1901 in the absence for illness of the Ambassador, Count von Hatzfeldt.^[1] He was formally appointed German Ambassador in November, when Count Hatzfeldt resigned shortly before his death. King Edward VII received his credentials at Marlborough House on 2 December 1901.^[2]

He wrote in a report to Chancellor Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg on July 10, 1916, "In a realisation of their plan to resolve the Armenian Question by destroying the Armenian race, the Turkish Government is not stopped neither by our representatives, nor by the public opinion of the west".

Honours

German Honours

: Order of the Crown, First class^[3]

Foreign Honours

: Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order, GCVO - 1 February 1901.^[4]

References

^ "No. 27360". The London Gazette. 1 October 1901. p. 6395.
^ "Court circular". The Times. No. 36628. London. 3 December 1901. p. 6.
^ "Court Circular". The Times. No. 36960. London. 25 December 1902. p. 7.
^ "No. 27283". The London Gazette. 12 February 1901. p. 1058.

External links

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"Modern Genocide: The Curse of the Nation State and Ideological Political Parties: The Armenian Case"
Letter of Wolff Metternich to Bethmann Hollweg, Feb 17, 1916 (ger)
"Wer am Leben blieb, wurde nackt gelassen" - Die Zeit, March 23, 2005 No 13 (ger)
Newspaper clippings about Paul Wolff Metternich in the 20th Century Press Archives of the ZBW