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 |
| Died | 2 May 1881(1881-05-02) (aged 74) Paris, France |
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Charles Jean Marie Félix, marquis de La Valette (25 November 1806 – 2 May 1881) was a French politician and diplomat.[1]
Charles de La Valette wasMinister of the Interior andof Foreign Affairs in the government ofEmperor Napoleon III.[1]
He wasFrench Ambassador to Constantinople from 1851–53, before theCrimean War, then served as agovernment minister, before a posting tothe Vatican (an ancestral family memberJean Parisot de Valette had been Grand Master of theOrder of Malta).[2]
AnAnglophile, he finally returned toLondon in an official capacity asFrench Ambassador from 1869 to 1870.[1]
The marquis married firstly Maria Garrow Birkett at London in 1828. Maria, a daughter of the late Daniel Birkett, Esq., ofIsleworth, died in 1831, aged 24.[3]
In 1842, he married secondly toAdeline 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, third daughter ofCharles, Comte de Flahaut andMargaret Mercer Elphinstone, and a younger sister ofEmily Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marchioness of Lansdowne.[5]
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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 |
Third cabinet of Napoleon III (2 December 1852 - 17 July 1869) | ||
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| Foreign Affairs | ||
| Interior | ||
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| Defense | ||
| Marine, Colonies and Algeria | ||
| Education and Cults | ||
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| Agriculture and Commerce | ||
| Beaux-Arts | ||
| Emperor's Household | ||
| Ministers of State | ||
| Ministers without portfolio | ||
Preceded bySecond cabinet of Louis Napoleon • Followed byFourth cabinet of Napoleon III | ||
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