Louis Charles Barbe Serurier (7 April 1775 Marle - 1860 Paris) was a French

diplomat A diplomat (from grc, δίπλωμα; romanized ''diploma'') is a person appointed by a state or an intergovernmental institution such as the United Nations or the European Union to conduct diplomacy with one or more other states or internati ...

, and French Consul General (equivalent to an ambassador) from 1811 to 1815, and envoy from 1831 to 1835, to the United States.

Life

He was a cousin of Jean Sérurier. He was sent first as secretary of the embassy in The Hague, then was Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the United States, Brazil, Belgium, and Holland. He was succeeded by

Marie-Hippolyte de Gueulluy, 2nd Marquess of Rumigny Marie-Hippolyte de Gueulluy, 2nd Marquess of Rumigny (1784-1871) was a French Pair and diplomate. Family He was the son of Louis-Gabriel de Gueulluy, 1st Marquess of Rumigny (1761-1835), created Marquess by Louis XVIII, and Marie-Julie Hatte. Hi ...

He was a

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, Grand Officer of the

Legion of Honor The National Order of the Legion of Honour (french: Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), formerly the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour ('), is the highest French order of merit, both military and civil. Established in 1802 by Napoleon ...

, Chevalier of Ordre de la Réunion and wore the

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. He was buried in the 73e Division of the Père-Lachaise Cemetery, with his wife Louise Pageot Noutières (1795–1876), and Countess Maurice Sérurier, born Amelia Elle Pellerin (1839–1897), who was killed in the fire of the

Bazar de la Charité The ''Bazar de la Charité'' was an annual charity event orchestrated by the French Catholic aristocracy in Paris beginning in 1885, when it was first organised by Englishman Henry Blount, the son of banker Sir Edward Blount, a financier of ra ...

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* "Louis Barbe Charles Sérurier", ''German wikipedia'' 1775 births 1860 deaths Ambassadors of France to the United States Ambassadors of France to Belgium Ambassadors of France to the Netherlands Ambassadors of France to Brazil Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery Grand Officers of the Legion of Honour Peers of France {{France-diplomat-stub