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'''Arthur de Pourtalès, Count de Pourtalès-Gorgier''' (31 August 1844 – 1928) was a Swiss-French diplomat.
==Early life==
Pourtalès was born in [[Gorgier]] in the [[Canton of Neuchâtel]], [[Switzerland]] on 31 August 1844.<ref name="Harrison1914">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> He was a son of Anne Marie, Countess d'Escherny (1820–1901) and Henri, Count de Pourtalès-Gorgier (1815–1876), the last [[Lord of Gorgier]].<ref name="swisscastles"></ref><ref name="Knapp1904">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> Among his siblings were sisters Marie de Pourtalès (who became a Countess of the [[Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul|Charité de Saint-Vincent de Paul]]), Émilie de Pourtalès (the wife of Baron Étienne Renouard de Bussière), and Louise de Pourtalès (wife of Count Raymond Charles de Geoffre de Chabrignac).<ref name="L'Alsace1870">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
His paternal grandparents were the former Anne Henriette de Palézieux-Falconnet (niece of [[U.S. Senator]] [[William Hunter (senator)|William Hunter]]) and [[James-Alexandre de Pourtalès]], a Swiss-French banker, diplomat and art collector who built the [[Hôtel de Pourtalès|Pourtalès mansion]] and served as [[Chamberlain (office)|chamberlain]] to the [[King of Prussia]] [[Frederick William III of Prussia|Frederick William III]].<ref name="britishmuseum"> Collections Online |url=https://ift.tt/3fA4Dgh |website=www.britishmuseum.org |publisher=[[British Museum]] |accessdate=9 May 2020}}</ref> His grandfather acquired the [[seigneury]] of [[Gorgier]], including the [[Gorgier Castle|Château de Gorgier]], in 1813 as well as the [[List of châteaux in the Île-de-France|Château de Bandeville]] and [[Château de Luins]]. Among his large extended family was aunt Élisa Calixte de Pourtalès (wife of [[Charles-Alexandre, Marquis de Ganay]]) uncle Edmond de Pourtalès (husband to [[Mélanie de Pourtalès|Mélanie (née de Bussière) de Pourtalès]], [[lady-in-waiting]] to [[Empress consort of the French|Empress]] [[Eugénie de Montijo|Eugénie]], wife of [[Napoleon III]]).<ref name="Knapp1903">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
==Career==
Pourtalès succeeded his father as the 3rd Count de Pourtalès on 31 July 1876.<ref name="Harrison1914"/> Throughout his diplomatic career, he served in various roles, including as the French [[Consul (representative)|Consul]] at [[Newcastle]] in England,<ref name="Depew2013">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> and the Secretary to the [[Embassy of France, Washington, D.C.|French legation]] in [[Washington, D.C.]] and in [[Buitenzorg]] in [[Indonesia]]. He also served as the [[List of ambassadors of France to Guatemala|Minister Plenipotentiary of France to Guatemala]].<ref name="Harrison1914"/>
==Personal life==
Pourtalès was twice married to American heiresses. His first marriage was to Jenny Lind Holladay (1851–1873) on 6 December 1869 at the [[Gorgier Castle|Château de Gorgier]]. Jennie's father, [[Ben Holladay]], owned the [[Pony Express]] and created an [[Overland Trail|overland]] stagecoach route during the [[California Gold Rush]], earning him the nickname "Stagecoach King."<ref name="Elmore2014"/><ref name="Lavender1959">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> Jennie's sister Cassandra married Baron de Bussière (a relative of his aunt [[Mélanie de Pourtalès]]).<ref name="1878Wills">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> Before her death on a train on 15 May 1873, they were the parents of one daughter:<ref name="Depew2013"/>
* Marie Pauline Louise "Jenny" de Pourtalès (1871–1912), who married Antoine Grubissich de Keresztúr in Japan in 1898. He later became the first secretary to the Austrian legion of the [[Austrian-Hungarian empire]] and later [[Consul-General]] in [[Tunis]].<ref name="Reichsgesetzblatt1896">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
After his wife's death in 1873, while in [[Baltimore, Maryland]], he met and became engaged to Marie-Adéle Boozer (1852–1908), a daughter of David Boozer and the former wife of John S. Beecher, with whom she had a son, John Preston Beecher (later the U.S. Vice Consul in [[Havre]] and Consul at [[Cognac]]).<ref name="Alden1910">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref name="Congress1893">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> Marie was also, notoriously, the lover of [[Union Army|Union]] Gen. [[Hugh Judson Kilpatrick]].<ref name="Chesnut1981">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> They were married on 2 May 1876.<ref name="Elmore2014"/> After their wedding, they went to [[Shanghai]] and [[Hong Kong]] where they were entertained by [[Governor of Hong Kong|Governor]] [[John Pope Hennessy]] before returning to France.<ref name="Elmore2014">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> She was a daughter of Beauvar-Boosier, Esq. of [[New Orleans]].<ref name="Depew2013"/>
The Countess de Pourtalès died 25 January 1908 at their tweny-five room Villa Terrarossa near [[Toscana]], just three miles from [[Florence]] in Italy. Count de Pourtalès died twenty years later in 1928.<ref name="Elmore2014"/>
==References==
==External links==
[[Category:1844 births]]
[[Category:1928 deaths]]
[[Category:French diplomats]]
[[Category:Ambassadors of France to Guatemala|Pourtalès]]
==Early life==
Pourtalès was born in [[Gorgier]] in the [[Canton of Neuchâtel]], [[Switzerland]] on 31 August 1844.<ref name="Harrison1914">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> He was a son of Anne Marie, Countess d'Escherny (1820–1901) and Henri, Count de Pourtalès-Gorgier (1815–1876), the last [[Lord of Gorgier]].<ref name="swisscastles"></ref><ref name="Knapp1904">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> Among his siblings were sisters Marie de Pourtalès (who became a Countess of the [[Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul|Charité de Saint-Vincent de Paul]]), Émilie de Pourtalès (the wife of Baron Étienne Renouard de Bussière), and Louise de Pourtalès (wife of Count Raymond Charles de Geoffre de Chabrignac).<ref name="L'Alsace1870">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
His paternal grandparents were the former Anne Henriette de Palézieux-Falconnet (niece of [[U.S. Senator]] [[William Hunter (senator)|William Hunter]]) and [[James-Alexandre de Pourtalès]], a Swiss-French banker, diplomat and art collector who built the [[Hôtel de Pourtalès|Pourtalès mansion]] and served as [[Chamberlain (office)|chamberlain]] to the [[King of Prussia]] [[Frederick William III of Prussia|Frederick William III]].<ref name="britishmuseum"> Collections Online |url=https://ift.tt/3fA4Dgh |website=www.britishmuseum.org |publisher=[[British Museum]] |accessdate=9 May 2020}}</ref> His grandfather acquired the [[seigneury]] of [[Gorgier]], including the [[Gorgier Castle|Château de Gorgier]], in 1813 as well as the [[List of châteaux in the Île-de-France|Château de Bandeville]] and [[Château de Luins]]. Among his large extended family was aunt Élisa Calixte de Pourtalès (wife of [[Charles-Alexandre, Marquis de Ganay]]) uncle Edmond de Pourtalès (husband to [[Mélanie de Pourtalès|Mélanie (née de Bussière) de Pourtalès]], [[lady-in-waiting]] to [[Empress consort of the French|Empress]] [[Eugénie de Montijo|Eugénie]], wife of [[Napoleon III]]).<ref name="Knapp1903">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
==Career==
Pourtalès succeeded his father as the 3rd Count de Pourtalès on 31 July 1876.<ref name="Harrison1914"/> Throughout his diplomatic career, he served in various roles, including as the French [[Consul (representative)|Consul]] at [[Newcastle]] in England,<ref name="Depew2013">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> and the Secretary to the [[Embassy of France, Washington, D.C.|French legation]] in [[Washington, D.C.]] and in [[Buitenzorg]] in [[Indonesia]]. He also served as the [[List of ambassadors of France to Guatemala|Minister Plenipotentiary of France to Guatemala]].<ref name="Harrison1914"/>
==Personal life==
Pourtalès was twice married to American heiresses. His first marriage was to Jenny Lind Holladay (1851–1873) on 6 December 1869 at the [[Gorgier Castle|Château de Gorgier]]. Jennie's father, [[Ben Holladay]], owned the [[Pony Express]] and created an [[Overland Trail|overland]] stagecoach route during the [[California Gold Rush]], earning him the nickname "Stagecoach King."<ref name="Elmore2014"/><ref name="Lavender1959">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> Jennie's sister Cassandra married Baron de Bussière (a relative of his aunt [[Mélanie de Pourtalès]]).<ref name="1878Wills">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> Before her death on a train on 15 May 1873, they were the parents of one daughter:<ref name="Depew2013"/>
* Marie Pauline Louise "Jenny" de Pourtalès (1871–1912), who married Antoine Grubissich de Keresztúr in Japan in 1898. He later became the first secretary to the Austrian legion of the [[Austrian-Hungarian empire]] and later [[Consul-General]] in [[Tunis]].<ref name="Reichsgesetzblatt1896">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
After his wife's death in 1873, while in [[Baltimore, Maryland]], he met and became engaged to Marie-Adéle Boozer (1852–1908), a daughter of David Boozer and the former wife of John S. Beecher, with whom she had a son, John Preston Beecher (later the U.S. Vice Consul in [[Havre]] and Consul at [[Cognac]]).<ref name="Alden1910">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref><ref name="Congress1893">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> Marie was also, notoriously, the lover of [[Union Army|Union]] Gen. [[Hugh Judson Kilpatrick]].<ref name="Chesnut1981">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> They were married on 2 May 1876.<ref name="Elmore2014"/> After their wedding, they went to [[Shanghai]] and [[Hong Kong]] where they were entertained by [[Governor of Hong Kong|Governor]] [[John Pope Hennessy]] before returning to France.<ref name="Elmore2014">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> She was a daughter of Beauvar-Boosier, Esq. of [[New Orleans]].<ref name="Depew2013"/>
The Countess de Pourtalès died 25 January 1908 at their tweny-five room Villa Terrarossa near [[Toscana]], just three miles from [[Florence]] in Italy. Count de Pourtalès died twenty years later in 1928.<ref name="Elmore2014"/>
==References==
==External links==
[[Category:1844 births]]
[[Category:1928 deaths]]
[[Category:French diplomats]]
[[Category:Ambassadors of France to Guatemala|Pourtalès]]
https://ift.tt/2SOfsl2
