Jump to content

André Lefebvre de La Boulaye

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
André Lefebvre de La Boulaye
Born(1876-01-22)22 January 1876
Died17 August 1966(1966-08-17) (aged 90)
Paris
NationalityFrench
OccupationDiplomat

André Lefebvre de La Boulaye (January 22, 1876 – August 17, 1966) was the French Ambassador to the United States from 1933 to 1937.

Career

[edit]

La Boulaye was born in Paris the son of a Parisian lawyer, and the grandson of the jurist, poet, author and anti-slavery activist Édouard René de Laboulaye. The La Boulaye family has included many French diplomats. He was French Ambassador to the United States from 1933 to 1937.[1]

His son, François Lefebvre de la Boulaye, was the French Ambassador to Brazil (1968–72), Japan (1972-75), and to the United States (1977-1981). His grandson, Stanislas Lefebvre de Laboulaye, is the French Ambassador to the Holy See, and was formerly the French Ambassador to both the United States and Russia.

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "FOREIGN SERVICE: Comings & Goings". Time. Apr 24, 1933. Archived from the original on November 22, 2010.
[edit]