Ferdinand de Lesseps

Ferdinand Marie Vicomte de Lesseps (November 191805–December 71894) was a French diplomat and maker of the Suez Canal; he was born at Versailles.

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The origin of his family has been traced back as far as the end of the 14th century. His ancestors, it is believed, came from Scotland, and settled at Bayonne when that region was occupied by the English. One of his great-grandfathers was town clerk and at the same time secretary to Queen Anne of Neuberg, widow of Charles II of Spain, exiled to Bayonne after the accession of Philip V. From the middle of the 18th century the ancestors of Ferdinand de Lesseps followed the diplomatic career, and he himself occupied with real distinction several posts in the same calling from 1825 to 1849. His uncle was ennobled by King Louis XVI, and his father was made a count by Napoleon I. His father, Mathieu de Lesseps (1774-1832), was in the consular service; his mother, Catherine de Gr?vgne, was Spanish, and aunt of the countess of Montijo, mother of the empress Eug?nie.

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