- Paul Cambon
Pierre Paul Cambon (
20 January 1843 – 1924) was a Frenchdiplomat and brother toJules Martin Cambon .He was called to the
Paris ian bar, and became private secretary toJules Ferry in the "préfecture " of the Seine. After ten years of administrative work in France as secretary of "préfecture", and then as prefect successively of the "départements" ofAube (1872),Doubs (1876), Nord (1877-1882), he exchanged into the diplomatic service, being nominated French ministerplenipotentiary atTunis .In 1886 be became French
ambassador toMadrid ; was transferred toConstantinople in 1890, and in 1898 toLondon , where he served until 1920. In London, Cambon quickly became an important figure, helping to negotiate theEntente Cordiale between Britain and France in 1904, and serving as the French representative at the London Conference which resolved theBalkan Wars between 1912 and 1913. Upon the outbreak of theFirst World War , Cambon helped secure British intervention on the French side. He was decorated with the Grand Cross of the Légion d'honneur, and became a member of theFrench Academy of Sciences .References
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