Embassy of the United Kingdom, Paris

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British Embassy, Paris
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The embassy building in Paris
Embassy of the United Kingdom, Paris
LocationParis, France
Address35, rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, 75383 Paris, France
Ambassador Menna Rawlings
Website British Embassy, Paris

The Embassy of the United Kingdom in Paris is the chief diplomatic mission of the United Kingdom in France. It is located on one of the most famous streets in France, rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré in the 8th arrondissement of Paris. The current British Ambassador to France is Menna Rawlings. [1] The embassy also represents the British Overseas Territories in France.

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There are British consulates in Bordeaux and Marseille.

History

During World War II and the Nazi occupation of France, the embassy's archives were burned as its staff fled the building to go south with the civilian Vichy regime from 1940 to 1944 to escape the German military, placing it under Swiss protection in the meantime. [2] [3]

Ambassador's Residence

Hotel de Charost, the official residence of the British Ambassador Hotel de Charost JP2010 jardin 1.jpg
Hôtel de Charost, the official residence of the British Ambassador

The official residence of the British ambassador to France since 1814 has been the Hôtel de Charost, located at 39 rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, just a few doors down from the Élysée Palace. It was built in 1720 and bought by the Duke of Wellington in 1814. Napoleon's sister, Princess Borghese, joined her brother in exile to Elba, an Italian island located near the coasts of Tuscany. Penury forced the sale of this jewel looking[ clarification needed ] house on rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré to the British government for use as their embassy. It had been the home of the Duke of Wellington for 5 months because he had been appointed Britain's ambassador to the court of Louis XVIII. [4]

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References

  1. "Menna Rawlings". Government of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
  2. Pastor-Castro, Regelia (29 October 2020). "1: The British Embassy in Paris and the Fall of France". In Pastor-Castro; Thomas, Martin (eds.). Embassies in Crisis: Studies of Diplomatic Missions in Testing Situations. Taylor & Francis. ISBN   978-1-351-12348-8.
  3. Pastor-Castro, Regelia (29 October 2013). "2: Oliver Harvey 1948-54". In Pastor-Castro; Young, John W. (eds.). The Paris Embassy: British Ambassadors and Anglo-French Relations 1944–79. Springer. p. 42. ISBN   978-1-137-31829-9.
  4. Schofield, H. (19 October 2014). "Scandalous tales from the British embassy in Paris". BBC News. Retrieved 19 March 2015.

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