Anatole Brénier de Renaudière | |
Honorific Prefix: | Baron |
Birth Date: | 22 August 1807 |
Birth Place: | Paris, France |
Death Place: | Vouvray, Indre-et-Loire, France |
Nationality: | French |
Occupation: | Diplomat, politician |
Office1: | Minister of Foreign Affairs |
Term Start1: | 24 January 1851 |
Term End1: | 10 April 1851 |
Predecessor1: | Édouard Drouyn de Lhuys |
Successor1: | Jules Baroche |
Office2: | Senator of France |
Term Start2: | 24 May 1861 |
Term End2: | 27 March 1885 |
Spouse: | Isabelle Unwina Hely Hutchinson |
Anatole Alexandre François Henri Baron Brenier de Renaudière (22 August 1807, Paris – 27 March 1885 La Lucassière (Vouvray, Indre-et-Loire)) was a French diplomat and politician.
After being secretary in London and Lisbon, he became consul of France in Warsaw after the death of Raymond Durand (1837), and was later general consul in Florence.
In 1847, he took his father's succession as Director of Finances (Directeur des Fonds et de la Comptabilité) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
He was chosen by Louis Napoléon Bonaparte as Foreign Minister from 24 January to 10 April 1851.
He was ambassador of France to Naples up to the Garibaldian invasion.
He then became a senator on 24 May 1861.
He had married Isabelle Unwina Hely Hutchinson.[1]