Jean-François de Bourgoing
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Jean-François, baron de Bourgoing (20 November 1748 in Nevers – 20 July 1811 in Karlovy Vary) was a French diplomat, writer and translator. A commander of the Légion d'honneur,[1] he was also a corresponding member of the French Academy of Sciences, a member of the Copenhagen Academy of Sciences, the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts, a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences from 1810, a knight then a baron de l'Empire, and a knight of the Swedish Order of the Polar Star.
Life
Youth
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Ambassador to Spain
Louis XVI
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French Revolution
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Secretary to Louis XVI's legation in Spain
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Negotiations at the camp of Figueres
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Literary career
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Return to diplomacy
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Trotsky
Leon Trotsky wrote to Alfred Rosmer from Cádiz on 19 November 1916:[2]
Journalists' telegrams which claim I am free do not tell the truth. To leave the hotel I am obliged to let my spy know in advance : he accompanies me everywhere, drinks his coffee at the same table as me (I pay, naturally), etc., sits facing me in the library and spits on the floor for two or three hours. I read a study on Spain by Monsieur Bourgoing, minister plenipotentiary of Louis XVI, to the court of Madrid. It is very interesting (at the same time, it is the most modern work — Paris 1807 — I've been able to find here).
Notes and references
- ^ Archives nationales, Dossier LH/330/35.
- ^ Online text
- Use dmy dates from February 2011
- 1748 births
- 1811 deaths
- Ambassadors of France to Spain
- Knights of the Order of the Polar Star
- Members of the French Academy of Sciences
- Barons of the First French Empire
- Members of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
- Commandeurs of the Légion d'honneur
- Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery