Marshal-Admiral Paribatra Sukhumbandhu, Prince of
Nakhon Sawan (;
Thai: สมเด็จพระเจ้าบรมวงศ์เธอ เจ้าฟ้าบริพัตรสุขุมพันธุ์ กรมพระนครสวรรค์วรพินิต) (1881–1944), was a highly influential
Thai
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military officer and
government minister
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in the early 20th century during the last years of the
absolute monarchy
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. He served as
Chief of Staff of the
Royal Thai Army
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History
Origin
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, Commander of the
Royal Thai Navy
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, Naval Minister, Army Minister, Defense Minister, Interior Minister, and as a
Privy Counsellor
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to both King
Vajiravudh and King
Prajadhipok.
Biography
Prince Paribatra was the 33rd child (and 13th son) of King
Chulalongkorn
Chulalongkorn ( th, จุฬาลงกรณ์, 20 September 1853 – 23 October 1910) was the fifth monarch of Siam under the House of Chakri, titled Rama V. He was known to the Siamese of his time as ''Phra Phuttha Chao Luang'' (พร ...
(Rama V) by Queen
Sukhumala Marasri. He joined his father for a journey to Europe in 1897, following which he entered the Prussian Cadet Corps to study at the Prussian Military academy at Groß-Lichterfelde.
Following his return to Siam, his half brother King
Vajiravudh (Rama VI) appointed him Commander of the
Royal Thai Navy
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, Minister of Marine and Minister of the Army. During the reign of King
Prajadhipok (Rama VII), he was appointed
Minister of Interior
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and was made member of the
Supreme Council of the State of Siam, responsible for state affairs.
Prince Paribatra's considerable influence in the Siamese government was deemed as a threat by the
Khana Ratsadon
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which organized the
1932 coup that ended the absolute monarchy in Siam. As a consequence, he was
exile
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d from the kingdom to
Bandung
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,
Dutch East Indies
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, which was then under the Dutch administration. He died in 1944 while in exile, in Japanese-controlled Indonesia. His remains were repatriated by a Royal commission (a member of which was Prince
Arjuna Suasti) in 1948.
A half-brother to two Thai kings, Prince Paribatra fathered eight children by his royal wife,
Mom Chao
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The Sovereign
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(HSH Princess) Prasongsom Paribatra (Chaiyan). Two were sons, but only one,
Chumbhotbongs Paribatra, lived to adulthood. Prince Paribatra also had a son with a commoner wife, Mom Somphan Paribatra na Ayudhaya (Palakawong), Prince
Sukhumabhinanda - father of
Mom Ratchawong
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Sukhumbhand Paribatra, the former governor of Bangkok.
Prince Paribatra's principal Bangkok residence until his forced exile in 1932 was the
neo-baroque styled
Bang Khun Prom Palace, constructed by architects
Mario Tamagno and
Karl Döhring. It later became the headquarters and subsequently museum of the
Bank of Thailand
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History
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.
Ancestry
See also
*
Siamese coup d'état of 1932
*
Supreme Council of State of Siam
References
* Paul M. Handley,
The King Never Smiles Yale University Press: 2006,
* http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~royalty/thailand/i535.htm
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