François de Vial

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Name Francois Vial

François de Vial (October 4, 1904 - May 16, 1984) was a diplomat and a Minister Plenipotentiary of France.

Biography

Born at Château Lynch-Bages, Pauillac, he was the son of general fr:Félix de Vial.

Education

He attended the fr:Lycée Saint-Joseph de Tivoli from 1910 to 1918. He received his BA and law degree in Paris.

Diplomatic career

Attached to the Consulate of France in Berlin in 1932

Seconded to the Embassy of France Prague 1933

Embassy of France in Berne from 1934 to 1935

Embassy of France in Budapest from 1935 to 1938

Vice-consul in Naples from 1938 to 1939, he did not join the mobilization center

Attached to the Embassy of France to the Holy See from 1940 to 1944: Palazzo Taverna Orsini, founded by the Orsini family.

Consul in Firenze from 1944 to 1949

General consul in Quebec from 1953 to 1960

General consul in Liverpool

Plenipotentiary Minister Embassy of France in Madrid

Member of NATO Defense College

Plenipotentiary Minister in London

Rome Holy See 1942 1944

Sir D'Arcy Osborne, was a British diplomat. He was Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Holy See 1936–1947. He was one of the group, led by Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty and a French diplomat François de Vial who both helped conceal some 4,000 escapees, both Allied soldiers and Jews, from the Nazis; 3,925 survived the war.

United Kingdom :Sir Perceval d'Arcy Osborne 12th Duke of Leeds, KCMG (1936-1947) Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiar

United States : Myron Charles Taylor (1939-1950) « Peace Ambassador » and « personal envoy » Myron Charles Taylor

Distinctions

Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur : officier of the Legion of Honour,

Ordre national du Mérite : Commander of National Order of Merit (France)

Médaille de la Résistance

Order of the British Empire

Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary knight's Cross

References

François de Vial Wikipedia

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