Pierre de Margerie
Pierre Jacquin de Margerie worked with two generations of senior French diplomacy: Paul Cambon in Constantinople and Jules Cambon in Washington and Madrid. He later served as secretary-general of the 1906 Algeciras conference and represented France in Beijing during the Chinese revolution. These assignments preceded his leadership of political affairs at the foreign ministry during the First World War. 1
As chargé d'affaires in Washington, he signed a commercial agreement with Acting Secretary of State Alvey Adee on 20 August 1902. It extended the existing Franco-American arrangement to Algeria and Puerto Rico and temporarily gave Puerto Rican coffee the benefit of France's minimum tariff. 2
After the war, Margerie became ambassador in Brussels and then Berlin. He disagreed with Raymond Poincaré over the occupation of the Ruhr but remained at the German post until retirement in 1931. He died in 1942. 1
Washington Appointments
- France — Chargé d’affaires, 1902–1903
Sources
- Ginette Kurgan-Van Hentenryk, review of Bernard Auffray, Pierre de Margerie (1861–1942) et la vie diplomatique de son temps
Vol. 56, no. 2, p. 518
- Amendatory and Additional Agreement to the Commercial Agreement of May 28, 1898
FRUS 1902, document 384, pp. 418–419
- Diplomatic Representation for French Republic
Complete published ambassador sequence from 1893 through Gérard Araud; separate Appt. and Amb. E. and P. dates; 1942 relations break and 1944 resumption
Biography checked 2026-10-28.
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