François de Vial
François de Vial was a diplomat and a Minister Plenipotentiary of France.Biography
Born at Château Lynch-Bages, Pauillac, he was the son of general :fr:Félix de Vial.Education
He attended the :fr:Lycée Saint-Joseph de Tivoli from 1910 to 1918.
He received his BA and law degree in Paris.Diplomatic career
- Attached to the Consulate of France in Berlin in 1932
- Seconded to the Embassy of France Prague 1933
- Embassy of France in Berne from 1934 to 1935
- Embassy of France in Budapest from 1935 to 1938
- Vice-consul in Naples from 1938 to 1939, he did not join the mobilization center
- Attached to the Embassy of France to the Holy See from 1940 to 1944: Palazzo Taverna Orsini, founded by the Orsini family.
- Consul in Firenze from 1944 to 1949
- General consul in Quebec from 1953 to 1960
- General consul in Liverpool
- Plenipotentiary Minister Embassy of France in Madrid
- Member of NATO Defense College
- Plenipotentiary Minister in London
Rome Holy See 1942 1944
Sir D'Arcy Osborne, was a British diplomat. He was Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Holy See 1936–1947. He was one of the group, led by Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty and a French diplomat François de Vial who both helped conceal some 4,000 escapees, both Allied soldiers and Jews, from the Nazis; 3,925 survived the war.
United Kingdom :Sir Perceval d'Arcy Osborne 12th Duke of Leeds, KCMG Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiar
United States : Myron Charles Taylor « Peace Ambassador » and « personal envoy » Myron Charles TaylorDistinctions
: officier of the Legion of Honour,
Ordre national du Mérite : Commander of National Order of Merit
Médaille de la Résistance
Order of the British Empire
Order of Merit of the Republic of Hungary knight's Cross
