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| Born | (1853-12-05)December 5, 1853 |
| Died | November 29, 1934(1934-11-29) (aged 80) |
Paul Anton Marie Hubert Graf Wolff Metternich zur Grach (December 5, 1853 – November 29, 1934) was aPrussian andGerman ambassador inLondon (1901–1912) andConstantinople (1915–1916). He was a prominent German opponent ofOttoman actions during theArmenian genocide.
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Count Metternich began his career in the diplomatic service in 1882. He held early diplomatic postings inLondon,Brussels andSouth America.
He was appointedEnvoy Extraordinary from the German Empire to theCourt of St. James's in September 1901 in the absence for illness of the Ambassador,Count von Hatzfeldt.[1] He was formally appointedGerman Ambassador in November, when Count Hatzfeldt resigned shortly before his death. KingEdward VII received his credentials atMarlborough House on 2 December 1901.[2] During his tenure, he endeavored in vain to ease the tense German-British relations caused primarily due to thenaval arms race between the two countries.[3]
He wrote in a report to ChancellorTheobald 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".
German Honours
:Order of the Crown, First class[4]Foreign Honours
:Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order,GCVO -1 February 1901.[5]
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