Georges Petrovich Bakhmeteff (1847 - 1928)

Died 29 Aug 1928 at about age 81 in Paris, Seine, France

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Biography

Georges Bakhmeteff is Notable.

Georges was born in 1847, and educated at the University of Oxford. He was a career diplomat descended from a Tatar noble family which had converted from Islam to Russian Orthodox faith. Generations of the Bakhmeteff had served under the Czars within the military and civil service. Previous to his service for Russia in Washington he had served as Russian Ambassador to Japan.

He was married to Mary Beale, the daughter of a popular Washington social couple Ambassador Edward Fitzgerald Beale and Mary Edwards.

Georges was the last Czarist Russian Ambassador to the United States. He served in office between the years 1911 and 1917.

He received the following awards during his career:

1. Order of Saint Anna, 1st class
2. Order of Saint Stanislaus, 1st class
3. Knight third class of the order of St. Vladimir

He passed away in 1928, and is buried in Batignolles Cemetery, Paris, City of Paris, Île-de-France, France, next to his wife Mary.

Sources

• Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 14 November 2019), memorial page for Georges Petrovich Bakhmeteff (1847–29 Aug 1928), Find A Grave Memorial no. 76070228, citing Batignolles Cemetery, Paris, City of Paris, Île-de-France, France ; Maintained by Rik Van Beveren (contributor 46956302) .

See Also:

• Wikipedia: George_Bakhmeteff
• Wikidata: Item Q5536638, en:Wikipedia