Jules Henri Francois (Charles) Charles-Roux

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Occupation: French diplomat. 1938-1941, New York; 1942-43, aide-de-camp to General Charles de Gaulle, London; 1945-1954, USA (Counselor, Washington, DC; Consul General for Boston); 1964-1969, ambassador, Damascus; 1969-1972, ambassador, Tehran.

Travel: François Charles-Roux, 35, b. Sorgues, France, arrived New York, 22 Aug 1945 from Paris, France aboard a TWA flight; Francois Charles-Roux, 37, b. Sorgues, France, arrived New York, 3 Dec 1946 from Paris on an Air France flight; François Charles-Roux, 42, arrived New York, 8 Feb 1952 from Le Havre, France aboard Liberte; Francois Charles-Roux, arrived New York, 31 Mar 1954, from Paris on an Air France flight.

Residence: 1952, Hotel Vendome, Boston, MA; 1984, 4 rue de Noisiel, 16e, Paris.

See, François Charles-Roux with additional notes by Christopher Long, The Free French in London: Forces Françaises Libres; Memories of wartime London (1942-43).

Did he have an uncle? Another François Charles-Roux was a marriage witness, was President of the Suez Canal Company 1948-56 and formed an internationally renowned collection of oriental art objects (Christopher Long).

Christopher Long: I am grateful to Mme Sylvie Clair, head of the Archives de Marseilles who revealed that François is named 'Jules-Henri' on his marriage certificate although he was always known as François throughout his life (the name of his father, killed in WWI).

Was it pure coincidence that he and Fanny chose a country house retreat, surrounded by war cemeteries, probably not far from where his father died or was killed on the last day of the war? (Christopher Long)

See also Les Français Libres website.

Jules married Fanette (Theodore) Zarifi on 22 Jun 1936 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur,France. Fanette (daughter of Theodore Pericles (Pericles) Zarifi and Marie Antoinette (Ernest) Vlasto) was born on 20 Jan 1909 in [Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhone, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur,France]; died on 02 Jul 2003 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhone, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur,France; was cremated on 05 Jul 2003 in St. Pierre Cemetery, Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhone, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Married:
Witnesses: Nicolas Zarifi, François Charles-Roux (1879-1961), French ambassador and father of Edmonde Charles-Roux.

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aka Wulfran Marie Louis Charles-Roux

Capitaine commandant au 7 chasseurs à cheval, puis Lieutenant colonel de cavalerie au 11ème régiment de marche de tirailleurs.

Officer of the Legion of Honor, la croix de guerre, medaille du Maroc, the Medaille coloniale.

Name:
The name on his birth certificate is Charles Wulfran Marie Louis Roux, his father being Jules Charles Theodore Roux. By his death his surname had become Charles-Roux.

Died:
Killed in action, Bois de Ferrieres, Aisne, France, during the liberation of La Fère, with the First French Army under command of Général Debeney. See memorial website.

Charles married Henriette Marie Magdeleine (Henri) Yvaren on 10 Jul 1907 in Avignon, Vaucluse, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France. Henriette was born in 1887; died in 1936. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Died:
1978 according to genealogy website .