Francis Bertie, 1st Viscount Bertie of Thame
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The Right Honourable The Viscount Bertie of Thame GCB GCMG GCVO PC |
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Lord Bertie of Thame, 1915.
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| British Ambassador to France | |
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In office 1905–1918 |
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Edward VII George V |
| Preceded by | Sir Edmund Monson, Bt |
| Succeeded by | The Earl of Derby |
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| Born | 17 August 1844 |
| Died | 26 September 1919 (aged 75) |
| Nationality | British |
| Spouse(s) | Lady Feodorowna Cecilia Wellesley (1838-1920) |
Francis Leveson Bertie, 1st Viscount Bertie of Thame GCB GCMG GCVO PC (/ˈbɑːrtɪ əv ˈteɪm/ "barty of tame"; 17 August 1844 – 26 September 1919), was a British diplomat. He was Ambassador to Italy between 1903 and 1905 and Ambassador to France between 1905 and 1918.
Bertie was the second son of Montagu Bertie, 6th Earl of Abingdon, and Elizabeth Harcourt, daughter of George Harcourt. He was educated at Eton. From his great grandmother Charlotte Warren he had Dutch and Huguenot ancestral roots from the Schuyler family, the Van Cortlandt family, and the Delancey family of British North America.
Bertie entered the Foreign Office in 1863. From 1874 to 1880 he served as Private Secretary to Robert Bourke, the Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and in 1878 attended the Congress of Berlin. He served as acting senior clerk in the Eastern department from 1882 to 1885, and then later as senior clerk and assistant under-secretary in that department. In 1902 he was rewarded for his services by being made a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) in the 1902 Coronation Honours list published on 26 June 1902. He received the knighthood in a private audience with King Edward VII on 2 August, during the King′s convalescence on board HMY Victoria and Albert.
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