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The Hôtel de Charost (French pronunciation: [otɛl də ʃaʁo], "sharo") is an hôtel particulier located at 39 Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré in Paris. Since 1814, it has been the official residence of the ambassador of the United Kingdom to France. It is located near the Élysée Palace, the official residence of the President of France.
Hôtel de Charost, the official residence of the British Ambassador. The official residence of the British ambassador to France since 1814 has been the Hôtel de Charost, located at 39 rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré, just a few doors down from the Élysée Palace. It was built in 1720 and bought by the Duke of Wellington in 1814.
The British ambassador's residence in Washington, D.C. is located at 3100 Massachusetts Avenue, Northwest, Washington, D.C. in the Embassy Row neighborhood. It was commissioned in 1925, and designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens in 1928. An example of Queen Anne architecture, the residence is the only building Lutyens designed in North America.
Residence: Hôtel de Charost: Seat: Paris, France: Appointer: The Crown on advice of the Prime Minister: Term length: At His Majesty's pleasure: Inaugural holder: The Marquess Cornwallis (first ambassador of the United Kingdom to France, 1801) Website: British Embassy - Paris
The Hôtel de Pontalba (French pronunciation: [otɛl də pɔ̃talba]) is an hôtel particulier, a type of large townhouse in France, at 41 Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré in the 8th arrondissement of Paris. It has been the official residence of the United States Ambassador to France since 1971. [1]
Part of the old chancery was converted into staff quarters, and the rest is currently occupied by the offices of the British Council. The British government was the first nation to build an embassy in the area that would later become known as Embassy Row. Outside the British ambassador's residence stands a statue of Sir Winston Churchill.
Auguste-Félix-Charles de Beaupoil, comte de Saint-Aulaire: 1924: 1933: Aimé-Benjamin de Fleuriau, comte de Bellevue: 1933: 1940: Charles Corbin: World War II (1940–1944) 1944: 1955: René Massigli [13] 1955: 1962: Chevalier Jean Chauvel: 1962: 1972: Geoffroy Chodron, baron de Courcel: 1972: 1977: Jacques Delarüe-Caron de Beaumarchais: 1977 ...
Until 1973, they were required to leave when they married. The first female ambassador to be appointed was Barbara Salt, to Israel in 1962, but ill-health prevented her from taking up the post. Eleanor Emery was British High Commissioner to Botswana from 1973 to 1977, corresponding to an ambassador but within the Commonwealth.