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Dignitaries, Ambassadors and Ministers

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See also the list of Ambassadors and Ministers in the list of people invited to social events typically hosted by royals.

Australia

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  • The Chief Justice of South Australia
  • Mr. Justice Williams of Victoria and Mrs. Williams and Miss William (assuming Australia; might be wrong)

Austro-Hungarian Empire

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  • Count Karolyi, Ambassador, and the Countess Karolyi
  • 1895 April 8, Monday: the Globe announced that "Count Max Hadik, the newly-appointed Attaché at the Austro-Hungarian Embassy, has arrived in London."[1]
  • 1895 February 2, Friday: Count Alexander Palffy attended the February 1895 Bal Poudré at Warwick Castle hosted by Daisy, Countess of Warwick, identified as Count Palffy, from the "Austrailian Embassy"[2]:6, Col. 6a by the Leamington Spa Courier, but as the Austro-Hungarian Ambassador by the Coventry Evening Telegraph.[3]
  • 1895 February 15: presented at a Levee at St. James's Palace in the Diplomatic Circle to the Prince of Wales "By the Austro-Hungarian Ambassador, Herman. Prince of Stolberg Wernigerode, Attache to the German Embassy."[4]
  • 1897 August 18, Wednesday: Count Albert Mensdorff was Charge d’Affaires for Austria-Hungary; Count Hadik was Secretary of the Embassy.

    Austro-Hungarians in London celebrated the birthday of the Emperor-King Francis Joseph by a dinner at the Trocadero Restaurant last night. Count Albert Mensdorff, Charge d’Affaires for Austria-Hungary, presided, and among the leading members present were Count Hadik, Secretary of the Embassy; Capt. Sztrany Asky, the Naval Attaché; Chevalier Princig De-Harwaldt, Acting Consul-General; Mr. Leopold Pam, chairman of the Austro-Hungarian Aid Society; Mr. Pillischer, vice-chairman of the Hungarian Association; Mr. Louis Felbermann, hon. secretary of the Hungarian Association; Mr. S. Bodascher, hon. secretary of the Austro-Hungarian Aid Society; Mr. Politzer, almoner of the Austro-Hungarian Aid Society; Mr. M. Weiss, and Mr. J. Kaufmann, almoner of the Hungarian Association; Col. Hain, and many others. A telegram expressing the loyalty of the Austro-Hungarian colony was dispatched to His Majesty the Emperor-King.[5]

    1898 January 21, Friday: the Pall Mall Gazette reported that "Count Max Hadik and Count Alexander Palffy, secretaries of the Austro-Hungarian Embassy in London, have taken leave of the Court of St. James's upon their appointment to other diplomatic positions."[6]

Belgium

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Brazil

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  • João Arthur Souza Corrêa, Minister Plenipotentiary (1890–1900)
  • Baron de Penodo, Minister, and the Baroness de Penedo

Cyprus

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  • Chief Justice of Cyprus and Lady Bovill

Denmark

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  • Monsieur de Falbe, Minister, and Madame de Falbe

France

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  • William Henry Waddington, Ambassador (1883–1893), and Madame Waddington and Mademoiselle King

German

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  • Count Hatzfeldt, Ambassador
  • Count Georg Herbert Münster, Ambassador (1873–1885), and Countess Marie Münster

Greece

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  • M. J. Gennadius, Minister

Hong Kong

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  • Mr. Justice Fielding Clarke of Hong Kong

Italy

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  • Count Corti, Ambassador
  • First Secretary of the Embassy, Count Bottaro Costa (presented Monday 6 July 1896 to the Prince of Wales at a Levee)[8]
  • Marquis Montagliari, Attaché (presented Monday 6 July 1896 to the Prince of Wales at a Levee)[8]

Netherlands

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  • Count de Bylandt, Minister, and the Countess de Bylandt

Persia

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  • Prince Malcom Khan, Minister, the Princess Malcom Khan, and the Princess Sultana Malcom
  • Naser al-Din Shah Qajar, Shah of Persia (5 September 1848 – 1 May 1896)

Portugal

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  • M. M. d'Antas, Minister, and Madame d'Antas
  • Luis Maria Augusto Pinto de Soveral, Marquês de Soveral, Minister (1891), Minister of Foreign Affairs (1895–1897), Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of St James's (1897 on)

Russia

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  • Baron Egor Egorovich Staal or Georges de Staal, Ambassador (1884–1902 ), Madame de Staal, and Mademoiselle de Staal
  • M. V. Boulatzell, 2nd Secretary in the Russian Embassy in London (until 29 June 1896, after that 1st Secretary in Vienna)
  • Baron Alexandre de Stoeckl, Attaché of the Russian Embassy (as of 1892)
  • 1895 February 15: presented at a Levee at St. James's Palace in the Diplomatic Circle to the Prince of Wales "By the Russian Ambassador, M. Romeiko Gourko, Secretary of Embassy, and Captain Prince Oukhtomsky, Naval Attaché."[4]
  • 1896 May 1: His Excellency M. de Staal, the Russian Ambassador; Count Pahlen, First Secretary at the Embassy; M. Gourko, Second Secretary; Count Yermoloff, Military Attaché; M. Orloff, of the Chancellery; and M. Volborth, Russian Consul-General in London.[9]

Sierra Leone

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  • Chief Justice of Sierra Leone

Spain

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  • Count Casa de Valencia
  • Don Cipriano del Mazo, Minister
  • 1895 February 15: presented at a Levee at St. James's Palace in the Diplomatic Circle to the Prince of Wales "By the Spanish Ambassador, Don Pablo Sirera, Military Attaché."[4]

Sweden and Norway

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  • Count Piper, Minister for Sweden and Norway

Turkey

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  • Rustem Pasha, Ambassador

United States

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American Legation in London

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  • James Russell Lowell, Minister (–1884)
  • Henry White, Second Secretary (1883–1886)
  • Henry White, First Secretary (1886 – October 1893)

American Embassy in London (1895–)

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  • John Hay, Ambassador (1896–1898)
  • Henry White, First Secretary (1896 – 6 March 1905)
  • Joseph H. Choate, Ambassador (1898–)
    • William Woodward, Secretary to Choate (reign of King Edward VII)[10]
  • Mr. Edward J. Phelps, Minister, and Mrs. Phelps
  • 1895 February 15: presented at a Levee at St. James's Palace in the Diplomatic Circle to the Prince of Wales "By the United States Ambassador, [were] Mr. David D. Wells, Second Secretary, and Mr. John Ridgely Carter, Private Secretary."[4]

International Families

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Dignitaries, Mostly from Outside the U.K.

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  • Count d'Eulenburg (Philipp Friedrich Alexander, Prince of Eulenburg)
  • Prince and Princess de Wagram (in 1886 Napoléon Alexandre Louis Joseph Berthier, 2nd Prince of Wagram [September 10, 1810 – February 10, 1887])
  • Duc and Duchesse d'Otrante and Countesse Augusta d'Otrante (Gustave Fouché d'Otrante (1840 - 1910), 5e duc d'Otrante [https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duc_d%27Otrante], married I think to Adélaïde Fouché d'Otrante (1866 - 1943])
  • Duc de la Tremonille
  • Marques and Marquesa de Santurce and the Mesdemoiselles de Murrieta; Mr. C. de Murrieta and Mr. A. de Murrieta also attended social events
  • Marquis de Guadalmina
  • Marquise de Lavaggi and Comtesse de Lavaggi
  • Marquis Maffei
  • Marquis Niccolini
  • Count N. Adlerberg
  • Count and Countess X. de Florian
  • Count P. Esterhazy
  • Count Wilmoss Festitics
  • Count R. Kinsky
  • Count T. Bolesta Koziebrodzki
  • Count P. Metternich
  • Count Pourtales
  • Countess de la Somaglia
  • Viscount de Saint Genys
  • Baron Both
  • Baron and Baronne de Brienen and the Mesdemoiselles de Brienen

Footnotes

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  1. ↑ "Court and Personal News." The Globe 08 April 1895 Monday: 6 [of 8], Col. 4b [of 5]. British Newspaper Archivehttps://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001652/18950408/055/0006.
  2. ↑ "The Grand Bal Poudre at Warwick Castle." Leamington Spa Courier 09 February 1895, Saturday: 6 [of 8], Cols. 1a–6c [of 6] – 7, Col. 1a. British Newspaper Archive https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000319/18950209/042/0006.
  3. ↑ "Grand Bal Poudre at Warwick Castle." Coventry Evening Telegraph 01 February 1895, Friday: 3 [of 4], Col. 4a–b [of 7]. British Newspaper Archive https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000337/18950201/021/0003.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "Levee at St. James's Palace." London Evening Standard 16 February 1895 Saturday: 3 [of 10], Col. 4a [of 7]. British Newspaper Archive https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000183/18950216/023/0003.
  5. ↑ "The Austro-Hungarian Colony." The Globe 19 August 1897 Thursday: 6 [of 8], Col. 3c [of 5]. British Newspaper Archive https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001652/18970819/051/0006.
  6. ↑ "Pall Mall Gazette Office." Pall Mall Gazette 21 January 1898 Friday: 8 [of 10], Col. 3a [of 3]. British Newspaper Archive https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000098/18980121/022/0008.
  7. ↑ "The Grand Bal Poudre at Warwick Castle." Leamington Spa Courier 09 February 1895, Saturday: 6 [of 8], Cols. 1a–6c [of 6] – 7, Col. 1a. British Newspaper Archive https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000319/18950209/042/0006.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "The Prince of Wales's Levee." London Evening Standard 07 July 1896 Tuesday: 5 [of 12], Col. 6a [of 7]. British Newspaper Archive https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000183/18960707/032/0005.
  9. ↑ "London Day by Day." London Daily Telegraph 02 May 1896 Saturday: 7 [of 12], Col. 2a [of 7]. British Newspaper Archive https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001112/18960502/061/0007.
  10. ↑ Braudy, Susan (2014-11-12). This Crazy Thing Called Love: The Golden World and Fatal Marriage of Ann and Billy Woodward (in en). Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0-8041-5335-5. https://books.google.com/books?id=kdYVBQAAQBAJ&pg=PT108&dq=Mary+Goelet&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwic5sXM9YuHAxXBk44IHdD6CPI4ChDoAXoECA0QAg. 
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