George Bakhmeteff

Russian diplomat (1847–1928)

Георгий Бахметев

Russian Ambassador to the United States In office
1911–1917Preceded byRoman RosenSucceeded byBoris BakhmeteffRussian Ambassador to Japan In office
1906–1908Preceded byRoman RosenSucceeded byNikolai Malevsky-Malevich [ru]Russian Ambassador to Bulgaria In office
1897–1905Preceded byNikolai Charykov [ru]Succeeded byAndrey Shcheglov [ru] Personal detailsBorn1847Died29 August 1928
Paris, FranceSpouseMary Beale

George Petrovich Bakhmeteff (Russian: Георгий Петрович Бахметев; 1847 – 29 August 1928) was the last Imperial Russian Ambassador to the United States. He served in office between 1911 and 1917.^[1]

Origins

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

Personal life

Grave of Bakhmeteff in Batignolles Cemetery.

He was married to Mary Beale, the daughter of a popular Washington social couple Ambassador and Mrs. Edward Fitzgerald Beale. The Beales were the owners of Decatur House in Washington and Tejon Ranch. His brother in law was American Ambassador to the Balkans Truxtun Beale. His sister in law was Emily Beale McLean who was married to John Roll McLean publisher of the Washington Post.^[2] George Bakhmeteff was succeeded as ambassador by another Bakhmeteff; Boris Bakhmeteff who was not closely related.

He died on 29 August 1928 in Paris, probably at the Hôtel de Besenval, where he still resided in the second half of the 1920s.^[3]^[4]

References

^ "Diplomatic Representation for Russia". U.S. Department of State.
^ Wick, Marilyn (December 1993). "Truxtun and Marie Beale" (PDF). Marin County Free Library. Marin County, California: Marin History Museum. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
^ "George Bakhmeteff standing alongside carriage on which his wife is seated, with dog". Library of Congress.
^ Jean-Pierre Samoyault: L'Hôtel de Besenval – Ambassade de Suisse en France, Editions internationales du Patrimoine, Paris, 2017, p. 113