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==Embassy of France, London== |
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[[File:French Embassy - geograph.org.uk - 645453.jpg|thumb|left|The [[Embassy of France, London]]]] |
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The embassy of France in London is located just off [[Knightsbridge]] at Albert Gate, one of the entrances to [[Hyde Park, London|Hyde Park]], directly opposite the [[Embassy of Kuwait in London|Embassy of Kuwait]]. The building was designed by the British architect [[Thomas Cubitt]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Who is Camilla? The 'other woman' who's now Queen Consort |url=https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/who-is-camilla-the-other-woman-whos-now-queen-consort/d0077o6ph |access-date=2023-03-04 |website=SBS News |language=en}}</ref> At the time of its construction in the 1840s, it was among the tallest structures in the [[Knightsbridge|Knightsbridge area]].<ref>{{cite news | url= http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=45902 | title= Knightsbridge North Side: Parkside to Albert Gate Court | date=30 November 2013}}</ref> |
The embassy of France in London is located just off [[Knightsbridge]] at Albert Gate, one of the entrances to [[Hyde Park, London|Hyde Park]], directly opposite the [[Embassy of Kuwait in London|Embassy of Kuwait]]. The building was designed by the British architect [[Thomas Cubitt]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Who is Camilla? The 'other woman' who's now Queen Consort |url=https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/who-is-camilla-the-other-woman-whos-now-queen-consort/d0077o6ph |access-date=2023-03-04 |website=SBS News |language=en}}</ref> At the time of its construction in the 1840s, it was among the tallest structures in the [[Knightsbridge|Knightsbridge area]].<ref>{{cite news | url= http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=45902 | title= Knightsbridge North Side: Parkside to Albert Gate Court | date=30 November 2013}}</ref> |
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France also owns various premises along the [[Cromwell Road]], [[South Kensington]] which house its [[Consular]], [[Cultural]], [[Science]] & [[Technology]] and [[Visa (document)|Visa]] sections.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/263519/LDL_December_2013.pdf |title=The London Diplomatic List |date=14 December 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131211155353/https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/263519/LDL_December_2013.pdf |archive-date=2013-12-11 }}</ref> It also has a [[Trade]] mission at 28-29 [[Haymarket, London|Haymarket]] and a [[Paymaster]] & [[Comptroller|Financial Comptroller]] section at 30 [[Queen's Gate Terrace]], [[South Kensington]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/263519/LDL_December_2013.pdf |title=The London Diplomatic List |date=14 December 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131211155353/https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/263519/LDL_December_2013.pdf |archive-date=2013-12-11 }}</ref> while No. 11 [[Kensington Palace Gardens]] has been the French Ambassador's [[official residence]] since 1944.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Weinreb, Ben |author2=Hibbert, Christopher |author1-link = Ben Weinreb|author2-link=Christopher Hibbert|title=[[The London Encyclopaedia]]|edition=reprint|year= 1992|publisher=[[Macmillan Publishers|Macmillan]]|page=439}}</ref> |
France also owns various premises along the [[Cromwell Road]], [[South Kensington]] which house its [[Consular]], [[Cultural]], [[Science]] & [[Technology]] and [[Visa (document)|Visa]] sections.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/263519/LDL_December_2013.pdf |title=The London Diplomatic List |date=14 December 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131211155353/https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/263519/LDL_December_2013.pdf |archive-date=2013-12-11 }}</ref> It also has a [[Trade]] mission at 28-29 [[Haymarket, London|Haymarket]] and a [[Paymaster]] & [[Comptroller|Financial Comptroller]] section at 30 [[Queen's Gate Terrace]], [[South Kensington]],<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/263519/LDL_December_2013.pdf |title=The London Diplomatic List |date=14 December 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131211155353/https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/263519/LDL_December_2013.pdf |archive-date=2013-12-11 }}</ref> while No. 11 [[Kensington Palace Gardens]] has been the French Ambassador's [[official residence]] since 1944.<ref>{{cite book|author1=Weinreb, Ben |author2=Hibbert, Christopher |author1-link = Ben Weinreb|author2-link=Christopher Hibbert|title=[[The London Encyclopaedia]]|edition=reprint|year= 1992|publisher=[[Macmillan Publishers|Macmillan]]|page=439}}</ref> |
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==French Ambassadors |
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===French Ambassadors to England (1526–1688)=== |
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===French Ambassadors to Great Britain (1697–1801)=== |
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| [[File:Camille d'Hostun duc de Tallard.png|90px]] || 1697 || 1701 || [[Camille d'Hostun, duc de Tallard|Camille d'Hostun de La Baume, comte ''later'' duc de Tallard]]<ref>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-london/vols29-30/pt1/pp118-134 www.british-history.ac.uk]</ref> |
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| [[File:Troy - Jean-Baptiste Colbert (1655-1746), marquis de Torcy.jpg|90px]] || 1701 || 1715 || [[Jean-Baptiste Colbert de Torcy|Jean-Baptiste Colbert, marquis de Croissy et de Torcy]] (''Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs of [[Kingdom of France|France]]'') |
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| || 1701 || 1702 || [[Jean-Baptiste de Poussin|Chevalier Jean-Baptiste de Poussin]] (''[[Secret agent|Acting Attaché]]'') |
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| [[File:Saint-Simon portrait officiel 1728 détail.png|90px]] || 1702 || 1705 || [[Louis de Rouvroy, duc de Saint-Simon]] (''Chargé d'affaires'') |
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| [[File:Alexis-Simon Belle (1674-1734) - The Abbé François Gaultier (d.1723) - 998424 - National Trust.jpg|90px]] || 1703 || 1710 || [[Abbot|Abbé]] François Gaultier<ref>[https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/the-abbe-francois-gaultier-d-1723-132078 www.bbc.co.uk: Abbé François Gaultier]</ref> (''Acting Attaché'') |
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| || 1705 || 1707 || [[Nathaniel Hooke (Jacobite)|Nathaniel, Baron Hooke]] (''Military Attaché'': [[Brigadier-General]], [[French Army]]) |
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| [[File:Musee beaux arts caen-2.jpg|90px]] || 1708 || 1710 || [[Charles Auguste de Goyon, Count of Gacé]] (''Chargé d'affaires'') |
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| [[File:Luigi Ferdinando Marsigli.jpg|90px]] || 1710 || 1710 || [[Papal count|Count]] [[Luigi Ferdinando Marsigli]] (''Franco-Italian Acting Attaché'') |
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| [[File:Nicolas Ménager (Versailles).jpg|90px]] || 1711 || 1711 || Chevalier [[Nicolas Mesnager|Nicolas Mesnager]] (''Acting Attaché'') |
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| [[File:Louis-Marie-Victor d'Aumont (1632-1704).png|90px]] || 1712 || 1712 || [[Louis Marie Victor d'Aumont, 2nd Duke of Aumont]] (''[[Minister Plenipotentiary]]'') |
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| [[File:HUXELLES (Nicolas Du Blé, maréchal d').jpg|90px]] || 1713 || 1712 || [[Nicolas Chalon du Blé|Nicolas du Blé, marquis of Clermont and d'Huxelles]] (''Minister Plenipotentiary'') |
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| [[File:Nicolas Ménager (Versailles).jpg|90px]] || 1713 || 1713 || [[Nicolas Mesnager|Nicolas Mesnager, ''later'' comte de Saint-Jean]] (''Acting Attaché'') |
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| || 1713 || 1716 || [[Charles-François d'Iberville|Charles-François d'Iberville, marquis de La Bonde]] |
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| [[File:Hyacinthe Rigaud - Portrait of Cardinal Guillaume Dubois - 1967.17 - Cleveland Museum of Art.jpg|90px]] || 1716 || 1718 || [[Guillaume Dubois|Abbé Guillaume Dubois]] (''later'' [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|Cardinal]]) |
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| || 1716 || 1722 || [[Philippe Néricault Destouches|Philippe Néricault Destouches, ''later'' comte de Langeron]] (''Acting Attaché'') |
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| [[File:Yves d'Alègre.jpg|90px]] || 1718 || 1718 || [[Yves d'Alègre|Yves d'Alègre, marquis de Tourzel]] |
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| || 1718 || 1720 || [[Henri de Saint-Nectaire|Henri, marquis de Saint-Nectaire]] |
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| [[File:Théodore Chevignard de Chavigny.jpg|90px]] || 1722 || 1724 || [[Théodore Chevignard de Chavigny, comte de Toulongeon]] |
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| [[File:Portrait of François Marie de Broglie, Duke of Broglie, Marshal of France (member of the circle of Hyacinthe Rigaud).jpg|90px]] || 1724 || 1727 || [[François-Marie, 1st duc de Broglie|François-Marie, comte ''later'' duc de Broglie]] |
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| [[File:Marquis de La Chétardie.jpg|90px]] || 1727 || 1731 || [[Jacques-Joachim Trotti de La Chétardie|Joachim Trotti, marquis de La Chétardie]] |
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| [[File:Théodore Chevignard de Chavigny.jpg|90px]] || 1731 || 1731 || [[Théodore Chevignard de Chavigny, comte de Toulongeon]] |
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| || 1731 || 1732 || [[Jacques Deschamps|Abbé Jacques Deschamps]] (''alias'' Morel Deschamps, ''Acting Attaché'') |
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| || 1733 || 1735 || [[Philippe-Claude de Montboissier de Beaufort|Philippe de Montboissier de Beaufort, marquis de Canillac]] |
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| [[File:Michel-Celse-Roger de Rabutin, comte de Bussy-Rabutin (1669-1736).jpg|90px]] || 1735 || 1736 || [[Michel-Celse-Roger de Bussy-Rabutin|Bishop Roger de Bussy-Rabutin]] (''Minister Plenipotentiary'') |
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| [[File:Gaston-Pierre de Lévis-Mirepoix (1699-1757), Maréchal de France.jpg|90px]] || 1737 || 1739 || [[Gaston Pierre de Lévis|Gaston-Pierre-Charles de Lévis, vicomte de Lomagne ''later'' duc de Mirepoix]] |
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| || 1740 || 1740 || [[Étienne de Silhouette|Chevalier Étienne de Silhouette]] (''Acting Attaché'') |
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| || 1741 || 1742 || [[Gabriel-Jacques de Salignac de La Motte, marquis de Fénelon|Gabriel-Jacques de Salignac, vicomte de Saint-Julien ''later'' marquis de Fénelon]] (''Ambassador Extraordinary'') |
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| [[File:Pablo Jerónimo Grimaldi.jpg|90px]] || 1746 || 1747 || [[Jerónimo Grimaldi, 1st Duke of Grimaldi|Jerónimo, duc de Grimaldi]] |
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| [[File:Ricardo Wall y Devreux.jpg|90px]] || 1747 || 1747 || [[Ricardo Wall|General Ricardo Wall y Devereux]] (''Military Attaché'' (Borbón-Condé): ''later'' [[Prime Minister of Spain]]) |
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| [[File:Louis-Guy de Guérapin de Vauréal - Versailles MV 2992.png|90px]] || 1747 || 1748 || [[Louis-Gui de Guérapin de Vauréal|Bishop Guy de Guérapin de Vauréal]] (''Acting Attaché'') |
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| || 1748 || 1749 || [[Louis de Cardevac, marquis d'Havrincourt]]<ref>[http://www.culture.gouv.fr/documentation/joconde/fr/pres.htm www.culture.gouv.fr]</ref> (''Minister Plenipotentiary'') |
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| [[File:Gaston-Pierre de Lévis-Mirepoix (1699-1757), Maréchal de France.jpg|90px]] || 1749 || 1754 || [[Gaston Pierre de Lévis|Gaston-Pierre-Charles de Lévis, duc de Mirepoix]] (''Ambassador Extraordinary'') |
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| || 1751 || 1752 || [[Antoine-François, marquis de Lambertye]] (''Chargé d'affaires'') |
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| [[File:The Count of Vergennes by Antoine François Callet circa 1774-87.jpg|90px]] || 1752 || 1753 || [[Charles Gravier, comte de Vergennes]] (''Minister Plenipotentiary'') |
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| [[File:Francois de Beauharnais.jpg|90px]] || 1754 || 1754 || [[Francis V de Beauharnais|François Beauharnais de Beaumont, marquis de La Ferté]] (''Military Attaché'') |
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| [[File:Carmontelle - M. le comte de Broglie.jpg|90px]] || 1754 || 1755 || [[Charles-François de Broglie, marquis de Ruffec]] (''Ambassador Extraordinary'') |
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| [[File:Thomas Stewart – Chevalier d'Eon.jpg|90px]] || 1756 || 1757 || [[Chevalier d'Eon|Chevalier Charles d'Éon]] (''Acting Attaché'') |
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| || 1758 || 1761 || [[Jacques-Abraham Durand d'Aubigny|Chevalier Jacques-Abraham Durand d'Aubigny]] (''Minister Plenipotentiary'') |
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|align=center bgcolor=wheat colspan=4| ''[[Seven Years' War]] (1756–1752)'' |
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| [[File:Louis-Jules-Barbon Mancini-Mazarin, duc de Nivernais - Versailles MV 2983.jpg|90px]] || 1762 || 1763 || [[Louis-Jules Mancini-Mazarini|Louis-Jules Barbon Mancini-Mazzarini, duc de Nevers]] |
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| [[File:Claude-Louis François Régnier de Guerchy.jpg|90px]] || 1763 || 1767 || [[Claude Louis François Régnier de Guerchy|Claude-Louis-François Régnier, comte de Guerchy ''later'' marquis de Blosset]] |
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| [[File:Louis Marie Florent du Châtelet.png|90px]] || 1768 || 1770 || [[Louis Marie Florent du Châtelet|Louis-Marie-Florent de Lomont d'Haraucourt, duc du Châtelet]] |
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| || 1770 || 1776 || [[:fr:Famille Say|Jean-Étienne Say]] (''Acting Attaché'') |
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| [[File:Louis Vigée - Portrait d'Adrien-Louis de Bonnières, comte de Souastre, duc de Guines (1735-1801).jpg|90px]] || 1770 || 1776 || [[Adrien Louis de Bonnières|Adrien-Louis de Bonnières, duc de Guînes]] |
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| || 1776 || 1778 || [[Emmanuel Marie Louis de Noailles|Emmanuel-Marie-Louis, marquis de Noailles]] |
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|align=center bgcolor=wheat colspan=4| ''[[American War of Independence]] (1778–1782)'' |
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| || 1783 || 1783 || [[Elénor-François-Elie, Comte de Moustier|Elénor-François-Elie, marquis de Moustier]] (''Chargé d'affaires'') |
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| [[File:Monsieur le comte d'Adhémar, ambassadeur à Londres.jpg|90px]] || 1784 || 1787 || [[Jean-Balthazar d'Adhémar|Jean-Balthazar, comte d'Adhémar]] (''Minister Plenipotentiary'') |
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| [[File:Anne César de la Luzerne.jpg|90px]] || 1788 || 1791 || [[Anne-César, Chevalier de la Luzerne|Anne-César, chevalier ''later'' marquis de La Luzerne]] |
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| || 1791 || 1792 || [[Jean-Marie de Bancalis de Maurel, marquis d'Aragon]] |
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| [[File:Portret van markies Bernard-François de Chauvelin, 1805, Groeningemuseum, 0040010000 (cropped).jpg|90px]] || 1792 || 1793 || [[Bernard-François, marquis de Chauvelin|François-Bernard de Chauvelin, marquis de Grosbois]] |
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| [[File:Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord - Pierre-Paul Prud'hon.jpg|90px]] || 1792 || 1793 || [[Charles-Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord|Charles de Talleyrand-Périgord, Bishop emeritus ''later'' Prince de Talleyrand]] (''Envoy Extraordinary'') |
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| [[File:Robert Lefèvre - Hugues-Bernard Maret (1763-1839), duc de Bassano.jpg|90px]] || 1793 || 1793 || [[Hugues-Bernard Maret|Citizen Hugues Maret ''later'' duc de Bassano]] (''Envoy Extraordinary'') |
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| [[File:Francois Barthelemy.gif|90px]] || 1793 || 1794 || [[François-Marie, marquis de Barthélemy|Citizen François ''later'' marquis de Barthélemy]] (''Envoy Extraordinary'') |
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| [[File:Frères Monneron.jpg|90px]] || 1794 || 1794 || [[Charles Claude Ange Monneron|Citizen Claude Monneron]] (''Envoy Extraordinary'') |
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Ambassador of France to the United Kingdom | |
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Ambassadeur de France au Royaume-Uni | |
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Style | Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary |
Residence | 11 Kensington Palace Gardens |
This is the List of ambassadors from France to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, operating from the Embassy of France, London:
Embassy of France, London[edit]
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The embassy of France in London is located just off Knightsbridge at Albert Gate, one of the entrances to Hyde Park, directly opposite the Embassy of Kuwait. The building was designed by the British architect Thomas Cubitt.[1] At the time of its construction in the 1840s, it was among the tallest structures in the Knightsbridge area.[2]
France also owns various premises along the Cromwell Road, South Kensington which house its Consular, Cultural, Science & Technology and Visa sections.[3] It also has a Trade mission at 28-29 Haymarket and a Paymaster & Financial Comptroller section at 30 Queen's Gate Terrace, South Kensington,[4] while No. 11 Kensington Palace Gardens has been the French Ambassador's official residence since 1944.[5]
French Ambassadors[edit]
French Ambassadors to England (1526–1688)[edit]
French Ambassadors to Great Britain (1697–1801)[edit]
French Ambassadors to the United Kingdom (1801–present)[edit]
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See also[edit]
- French Embassy in London
- List of ambassadors of France to the Kingdom of Great Britain
- List of ambassadors of France to England
References[edit]
- ^ "Who is Camilla? The 'other woman' who's now Queen Consort". SBS News. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
- ^ "Knightsbridge North Side: Parkside to Albert Gate Court". 30 November 2013.
- ^ "The London Diplomatic List" (PDF). 14 December 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 December 2013.
- ^ "The London Diplomatic List" (PDF). 14 December 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 December 2013.
- ^ Weinreb, Ben; Hibbert, Christopher (1992). The London Encyclopaedia (reprint ed.). Macmillan. p. 439.
- ^ GROS, Jean-Baptiste Louis, baron (1793–1870), ambassadeur. Extract from the Dictionnaire du Second Empire (1995)
- ^ 644 AP • Fonds La Tour d’Auvergne-Lauragais, Archives de France.
- ^ "Charles, Jean, Marie, Félix de La Valette – Base de données des députés français depuis 1789 – Assemblée nationale". www2.assemblee-nationale.fr.
- ^ Gilles Le Béguec, Les entourages des chefs de l’Etat sous les IIIe et IVe Républiques.
- ^ Amiral Pothuau in Le Mémorial diplomatique
- ^ COURCEL, Alphonse CHODRON de Extract from the Dictionnaire des Parlementaires français, Jean Jolly
- ^ "Foreign News: Cambon Dead". 9 June 1924 – via content.time.com.
- ^ "Timeline of Ambassadors since 1941". France in the United Kingdom – La France au Royaume-Uni.
- ^ "Biographie Jacques Viot Ambassadeur de France". www.whoswho.fr.
- ^ "The French Mission – France ONU". onu.delegfrance.org.
- ^ "Debrett's People of Today: Bernard Emié".
- public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Say, Léon". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 24 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 275, 276. This article incorporates text from a publication now in the