| Charles 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-Lauraguais |
| 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-Lauraguais |
| 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 |
(m. 1828; died 1831) (m. 1842; died 1869) (m. 1871) |
Charles Jean Marie Félix, Marquis de La Valette (25 November 1806 – 2 May 1881) was a French politician and diplomat.
Career
Charles de La Valette was Minister of the Interior and of Foreign Affairs in the government of Emperor Napoleon III.
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).
An Anglophile, he finally returned to London in an official capacity as French Ambassador from 1869 to 1870.
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.
In 1842, he married secondly to Adeline Fowle Welles (1799–1869), the widow of a Boston banker Samuel Welles, who died in 1841. After twenty-seven years of marriage, Adeline died in 1869.
He married thirdly, in 1871, Georgiana Gabrielle de Flahaut, third daughter of Charles, Comte de Flahaut and Margaret Mercer Elphinstone, and an younger sister of Emily Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marchioness of Lansdowne.
Honours
Marquis de France
Grand-croix, Légion d'honneur
Chevalier de Malte
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See also
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
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- "The Illustrated London News". William Little. 1869: 389. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
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External links
- www.landrucimetieres.fr
- www.vam.ac.uk
- www.interieur.gouv.fr
- www.burkespeerage.com
- Bust of la Marquise de la Valette at the Victoria and Albert Museum
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded byPaul Boudet | Minister of the Interior 28 March 1865 – 13 November 1867 |
Succeeded byErnest Pinard |
| Preceded byÉdouard Drouyn de Lhuys | Minister of Foreign Affairs 1 September 1866 – 2 October 1866 |
Succeeded byLionel de Moustier |
| Preceded byLionel de Moustier | Minister of Foreign Affairs 17 December 1868 – 17 July 1869 |
Succeeded byHenri, prince de La Tour d'Auvergne |
| Third cabinet of Napoleon III (2 December 1852 - 17 July 1869) | ||
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| Preceded by Second cabinet of Louis Napoleon • Followed by Fourth cabinet of Napoleon III | ||
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