Louis du Pan Mallet

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Sir Louis du Pan Mallet

PC (10 July 1864 – 8 August 1936) was a British diplomat who was Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire
at the outbreak of World War I.

Career

Louis du Pan Mallet was the third son of

Private Secretary to Lansdowne's successor, Sir Edward Grey, 1905–07. He was assistant Under-Secretary of State
, in charge of Near and Middle Eastern affairs, 1907–13.

In 1913 Mallet was appointed Ambassador at

Diplomatic Corps with experience of Constantinople. Conditions in Turkey had greatly changed in the past 15 years. British influence had waned, while that of Germany had increased to the point of dominance. The Secretary of State considered it wise to have an Ambassador in Constantinople without preconceptions derived from former experience there. Mallet had wide experience of foreign politics in general; and, in Sir Edward Grey's opinion, a special knowledge of the problems to be dealt with by a British Ambassador to the Porte."[4]

Up to July 1914, Mallet's task was not difficult. Britain and Germany had both helped with the settlement after the

Wangenheim, was able to act on his own initiative.[4]

Mallet served in the Foreign Office during the war and among other tasks was a member of a government committee on prisoners of war.

Paris Peace Conference, 1919
, and retired in 1920.

Personal life

In 1912 Mallet acquired the dilapidated 14th century Otham Manor, then known as Wardes, having 'detected amid the ruin and squalor the possibility of restoring an exceptionally fine old timber house to something like its pristine beauty'.[6]

Honours

Louis du Pan Mallet was appointed CB in 1905,

King's Birthday Honours of 1912[8] and promoted GCMG in the 1915 New Year Honours.[9] He was made a Privy Counsellor in 1913.[10]

References

  • MALLET, Rt Hon. Sir Louis du Pan, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2015 (online edition, Oxford University Press, 2014)
  • Obituary – Sir Louis Mallet – The Turco-German Alliance in the War, The Times, London, 10 August 1936, page 12
  1. ^ "Clifton College Register" Muirhead, J.A.O. p86: Bristol; J.W Arrowsmith for Old Cliftonian Society; April, 1948
  2. ^ "No. 25834". The London Gazette. 3 July 1888. p. 3638.
  3. ^ "No. 28770". The London Gazette. 4 November 1913. p. 7674.
  4. ^ a b Obituary – Sir Louis Mallet – The Turco-German Alliance in the War, The Times, London, 10 August 1936, page 12
  5. ^ Prisoners of War, Hansard, 16 March 1916
  6. ^ Churchill, Penny. "The beautiful Grade I-listed 650-year-old manor house and gardens which survived dereliction twice, now lovingly restored". Retrieved 18 July 2020.
  7. ^ "No. 27852". The London Gazette (Supplement). 7 November 1905. p. 7495.
  8. ^ "No. 28617". The London Gazette (Supplement). 14 June 1912. p. 4300.
  9. ^ "No. 29024". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 1915. p. 2.
  10. ^ "No. 28745". The London Gazette. 12 August 1913. p. 5730.

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Diplomatic posts
Preceded by Principal Private Secretary to the Foreign Secretary
1905–1907 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to His Imperial Majesty the Sultan of Turkey
1913–1914 		Vacant
High Commissioner at Constantinople
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