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Philippe-Ferdinand-Auguste de Rohan-Chabot (1815–1875), comte de Jarnac, was a French
Grand Officier of the Légion d'honneur
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Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
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Philippe-Ferdinand-Auguste de Rohan-Chabot (1815–1875), comte de Jarnac, 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 ...
of aristocratic descent.
Descended from the ancient Breton family currently represented by Josselin de Rohan, the 14th Duke. He was the only son of General Louis-Guy-Charles-Guillaume de Rohan by his wife Lady Isabelle Fitzgerald. He succeeded his father in the family titles of ''vicomte de Chabot'' and ''comte de Jarnac''.
Educated at Harrow School
After leading the expedition which returned Emperor Napoleon
Napoleon Bonaparte ; it, Napoleone Bonaparte, ; co, Napulione Buonaparte. (born Napoleone Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French military commander and political leader who ...
's remains from Saint Helena
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,
He withdrew from Diplomatic Work 1848-1870 and Lived on his estates in Kilkenny, Ireland.
He was later appointed, in 1871, French Ambassador to the United Kingdomand was Ambassador again 1874-1875.
He Died in London 22nd May 1845Harrow Register 1800-1900 Honours
* Grand Officier of the Légion d'honneur
* Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
* Knight of Malta
The Sovereign Military Order of Malta (SMOM), officially the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of Saint John of Jerusalem, of Rhodes and of Malta ( it, Sovrano Militare Ordine Ospedaliero di San Giovanni di Gerusalemme, di Rodi e di Malta; ...
See also
*Jarnac Convention
The Jarnac Convention was a bilateral agreement between the Kingdom of France and the United Kingdom in 1847 at the end of the Franco-Tahitian War. Its purpose was to end Franco-British diplomatic tension by guaranteeing the independence of the L ...
* House of Rohan
The House of Rohan ( br, Roc'han) is a Breton people, Breton family of viscounts, later dukes and princes in the French nobility, coming from the locality of Rohan (commune), Rohan in Brittany. Their line descends from the viscounts of Porhoët ...
* Rohan-Chabot genealogy
Notes
External links
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* Harrow Register 1800-1900 {{DEFAULTSORT:Rohan-Chabot 1815 births 1875 deaths 19th-century French diplomats Counts of France Ambassadors of France to the United Kingdom Philippe Philippe Knights of Malta Honorary Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath Grand Officers of the Legion of Honour