Bertie, Francis, Sir, 1844-1919

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Dates:
Birth 1844-08-17
Death 1919-09-26

Biographical notes:

1863 entered the Foreign Office; 1874-1880 private secretary to the honourable Robert Bourke (later Lord Connemara), parliamentary under-secretary of state for foreign affairs; 1878 attached to the special embassy of lords Beaconsfield and Salisbury to the congress of Berlin; 1881 secretary to the Duke of Fife on his mission to invest the King of Saxony with the Order of the Garter; 1882-1885 acting senior clerk, the Eastern department; 1894-1903 assistant under-secretary of state for foreign affairs; 1896-1903 chairman, the Uganda Railway Committee; 1902 KCB; 1903 GCVO; 1903-1905 ambassador to Italy; 1904 GCMG; 1905-1918 ambassador to France; 1908 GCB; 1915 baronetcy; 1918 viscountcy.

Epithet: diplomat

Title: 1st Viscount Bertie of Thame

British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000621.0x0002a8

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  • Travancore State, India (as recorded)
  • Hyderabad State, India (as recorded)
  • St Petersburg, Russia (as recorded)
  • India, Asia (as recorded)
  • Cochin State, India (as recorded)
  • Madras, India (as recorded)
  • Tibet, Asia (as recorded)
  • Iran, Asia Minor (as recorded)
  • Salem, Madras (as recorded)
  • Morocco, North Africa (as recorded)
  • South Africa, Africa (as recorded)
  • Bulgaria, Europe (as recorded)
  • London, England (as recorded)
  • Pondicherry, India (as recorded)
  • China, Asia (as recorded)
  • China, Asia (as recorded)
  • Persia, Asia Minor (as recorded)
  • Norway, Europe (as recorded)
  • Russia, Europe, Asia (as recorded)
  • Egypt, Africa (as recorded)
  • Samoa, South Pacific Ocean (as recorded)
  • Mysore State, India (as recorded)
  • China, Asia (as recorded)