Gustave Halphen (3 March 1810 in Paris–21 February 1872 in Paris) was a French diplomat and merchant.
He served as the Consul-General of France to the
Sublime Porte
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Istanbul
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He served from 1852 to 1857 as the president and vice president of the
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He was an officer of the
Legion of Honour
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1810 births
1872 deaths
Diplomats from Paris
French Jews
Officers of the Legion of Honour
Commanders of the Order of Isabella the Catholic
19th-century French diplomats
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