Bertie, Francis, Sir, 1844-1919

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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

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Birth 1844-08-17

Death 1919-09-26

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