Paul Anton Marie Hubert Graf Wolff Metternich zur Grach (December 5, 1853 – November 29, 1934) was a
Prussian and
German ambassador in
London
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(1901–1912) and
Constantinople (1915–1916). He was a prominent German opponent of
Ottoman actions during the
Armenian genocide.
Diplomatic career
Count Metternich began his career in the diplomatic service in 1882. He held early diplomatic postings in
London
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,
Brussels and
South America.
He was appointed
Envoy Extraordinary from the German Empire to the
Court of St. James's in September 1901 in the absence for illness of the Ambassador,
Count von Hatzfeldt. He was formally appointed
German Ambassador in November, when Count Hatzfeldt resigned shortly before his death. King
Edward VII received his credentials at
Marlborough House on 2 December 1901. During his tenure, he endeavored in vain to ease the tense German-British relations caused primarily due to the
naval arms race between the two countries.
He wrote in a report to Chancellor
Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg on July 10, 1916, "In a realisation of their plan to resolve the Armenian Question by destroying the Armenian race, the Turkish Government is not stopped neither by our representatives, nor by the public opinion of the west".
Honours
German Honours
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Order of the Crown, First class
Foreign Honours
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Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order, GCVO - ''1 February 1901''.
See also
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Witnesses and testimonies of the Armenian genocide
References
External links
"Modern Genocide: The Curse of the Nation State and Ideological Political Parties: The Armenian Case"Letter of Wolff Metternich to Bethmann Hollweg, Feb 17, 1916(ger)
"Wer am Leben blieb, wurde nackt gelassen" - Die Zeit, March 23, 2005 No 13(ger)
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1853 births
1934 deaths
Witnesses of the Armenian genocide
German expatriates in the Ottoman Empire
Honorary Knights Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order
Ambassadors of Germany to Turkey
Ambassadors of Germany to the United Kingdom
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