François de Vial

François de Vial was a diplomat and a Minister Plenipotentiary of France.

Biography

Born at Château Lynch-Bages, Pauillac, he was the son of general.

He attended the from 1910 to 1918.
He received his BA and law degree in Paris.

Attached to the Consulate of France in Berlin in 1932
Seconded to the Embassy of France Prague 1933
Embassy of France in Berne from 1934 to 1935
Embassy of France in Budapest from 1935 to 1938
Vice-consul in Naples from 1938 to 1939, he did not join the mobilization center
Attached to the Embassy of France to the Holy See from 1940 to 1944: Palazzo Taverna Orsini, founded by the Orsini family.
Consul in Firenze from 1944 to 1949
General consul in Quebec from 1953 to 1960
General consul in Liverpool
Plenipotentiary Minister Embassy of France in Madrid
Member of NATO Defense College
Plenipotentiary Minister in London

Sir D'Arcy Osborne, was a British diplomat. He was Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Holy See 1936–1947. He was one of the group, led by Monsignor Hugh O'Flaherty and a French diplomat François de Vial who both helped conceal some 4,000 escapees, both Allied soldiers and Jews, from the Nazis; 3,925 survived the war.
United Kingdom: Sir Perceval d'Arcy Osborne 12th Duke of Leeds, KCMG Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiar
United States: Myron Charles Taylor "Peace Ambassador" and "personal envoy" Myron Charles Taylor