François de Vial

Francois de Vial

François de Vial (October 4, 1904 - May 16, 1984) was a diplomat and a Minister Plenipotentiary of France.[1]

Biography

François de Vial Prague 1933

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.[2] He received his BA and law degree in Paris.

Diplomatic career

The French Embassy to the Holy See before a state visit to Pope Pius XII
Le Prieuré Castle: his French residence
French embassy to the Holy See
French Patrotic day when in Firenze
François de Vial meeting with the Lord Mayor

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[9] François de Vial[10] who both helped conceal[11] some 4,000 escapees, both Allied soldiers and Jews,[12] 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

References

  1. Registre d’état civil de Pauillac N° 88-1904
  2. Annuaire des anciens élèves de Tivoli. 1929
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Annuaire du corps diplomatique 1978
  4. Nicholas Horth, Miklós Horthy, Andrew L. Simon, Nicholas Roosevelt, Admiral Nicholas Horthy Memoirs, Simon Publications LLC, 1957
  5. The Battle for Rome: The Germans, The Allies, The Partisans, and The Pope, September 1943-June 1944. New York: Simon and Schuster.
  6. Office Québécois de la langue francaise. "Status of the French language". Government of Quebec. Retrieved November 10, 2010.
  7. THE LONDON GAZETTE FOREIGN OFFICE JUNE 1956: The QUEEN has been pleased to approve of:—Monsieur Francois de Vial, as Consul-General of France at Liverpool, for the counties of Anglesey,Caernarvon, Chester, Cumberland, Denbigh, Flint, Lancaster, Merioneth, Montgomery and Westmorland; the West Riding of the county of York;the Isle of Man, and Northern Ireland;
  8. 2470 THE LONDON GAZETTE, APRIL 1960 : FOREIGN OFFICE 29th February 1960. The QUEEN has been pleased to approve of: Monsieur Francois de Vial, as Consul-General of France in London, for the City and County of London and the Counties of Bedford, Berks, Buckingham, Cambridge, Essex, Hertford, Huntingdon, Kent, Middlesex, Norfolk, Oxford, Suffolk, Surrey and Sussex ; the Island of St. Helena and the Falkland Islands ;
  9. La Course pour Rome : comment la ville éternelle fut sauvée de la destruction nazie, Dan Kurzman, Éditions Elsevier 1977
  10. O'Reilly, Charles T (2001). Forgotten Battles: Italy's War of Liberation, 1943–1945. Lexington Books. p. 244. ISBN 0-7391-0195-1.
  11. "Hugh O'Flaherty Memorial web page". Permanent Memorial. Hugh O'Flaherty Memorial Society. Retrieved February 23, 2013.
  12. Michaelis, Meir “Fascist Policy Toward Italian Jews: Tolerance and Persecution,” ed. Ivo Hertzer, Ivo The Italian Refuge: Rescue of Jews During the Holocaust Chicago: The Catholic University Press, 1989..

Sources

Defense Lines South of Rome 1943

Distinctions

1956 Rev le Craurer, Marchioness de Miramon, Madam de Vial, the French general consul of France François de Vial diplomatic dinner at Savoy hotel

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

External links

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