Raymond de Verninac Saint-Maur
Raymond de Verninac Saint-Maur | |
---|---|
Born | Souillac, Lot, France | 7 January 1761
Died | 23 April 1822 | (aged 61)
Nationality | French |
Occupation | Diplomat |
Raymond de Verninac Saint-Maur (7 January 1761 – 23 April 1822) was a French diplomat.
Life
The Verninac family originated in Gourdon, Lot in the former province of Quercy. Jean de Verninac was a counsellor of the king in Villefranche in 1696. Another family member was vicar-general of Rodez in 1786. Raymond de Verninac Saint-Maur was his nephew.[1]
Raymond de Verninac was one of the three commissioners who were delegated to settle the annexation of Avignon in 1791.[1] He was Minister to
Verninac was not successful in improving relations between the Porte and France, since the Turks were not sympathetic to the recent French Revolution. He did send a commissioner to investigate the state of Egypt, who reported in September 1796 that the Ottoman Empire was in an extreme state of decay and that Egypt could be taken with little effort. On 9 April 1797 Verninac had a long interview with the general
In 1798 Raymond de Verninac married
Raymond de Verninac died on 23 April 1822. His wife was left destitute.[7] His nephew and namesake was the future Admiral Raymond-Jean-Baptiste de Verninac Saint-Maur.[8]
References
Citations
- ^ a b c Société héraldique et généalogique de France 1886, p. 430.
- ^ a b c d Johnson 1991, p. 8.
- ^ Panzac 1995, p. 625.
- ^ Herold 2009, p. 15.
- ^ Strathern 2009, p. 27.
- ^ a b Henriette de Verninac: Musée Delacroix.
- ^ Sjöberg 1963, p. 36.
- ^ Verninac Saint-Maur (de): Berruyer.
Sources
- "Henriette de Verninac (1780–1827)". Musée National Eugène Delacroix. Retrieved 2014-03-15.
- Herold, J. Christopher (1 May 2009). Bonaparte in Egypt. Fireship Press. ISBN 978-1-934757-76-5. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
- Johnson, Lee (1991). Eugène Delacroix, further correspondence, 1817–1863. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-817395-3. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
- Panzac, Daniel (1 January 1995). Histoire économique et sociale de l'Empire ottoman et de la Turquie (1326-1960): actes du sixième congrès international tenu à Aix-en-Provence du 1er au 4 juillet 1992. Peeters Publishers. ISBN 978-90-6831-799-2. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
- Sjöberg, Yves (1963). Pour comprendre Delacroix. Editions Beauchesne. GGKEY:021FPT3P5E8. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
- Société héraldique et généalogique de France (1886). Bulletin. Retrieved 14 March 2014.
- Strathern, Paul (September 2009). Napoleon in Egypt. Bantam Books Trade Paperbacks. ISBN 978-0-553-38524-3. Retrieved 15 March 2014.
- "Verninac Saint-Maur (de) Raymond". Le site des Berruyer. Retrieved 2014-03-16.