Edmond de Gaiffier d'Hestroy

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Baron Edmond Ferdinand Felix Euchariste Marie Ghislain de Gaiffier d'Hestroy was a Belgian Ambassador. [1] Born into a noble family, he served as ambassador in Paris, where he died in 1935.

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  1. "Edmond de Gaiffier d'Hestroy (1866-1935)". data.bnf.fr. Retrieved 2019-12-26.
  2. RD 25.4.1931