Consulate

French Consulate-General, Beirut

Beirut, OTTOMAN

Consulate in Beirut; part of Ministère des Affaires étrangères. 2 people in the register connected with it.

History

1844–1882
Aimé Péretié, first dragoman and chancellor of the consulate from 1844, excavated, bought and sold antiquities from Lebanon, Syria and Cyprus alongside the post, supplying Louis de Clercq among others. Objects from Cyprus were brought to him at Beirut.
BeirutNapoléon Antoine Aimé Péretié Louis Constantin Henri François-Xavier de Clercq Cassimatis 2001, p. 240
September 1866 – October 1871
Georges Colonna-Ceccaldi was attaché at Beirut; he visited Cyprus often, collected and studied Cypriot finds.
BeirutGeorges Colonna Ceccaldi Masson 1992, p. 126

2 people

Napoléon Antoine Aimé Péretiéofficial (1844 – April 1882) · drogman chancelier; at death 1er Drogman Chancelier, Officier de la Légion d'honneur, consul honoraireCassimatis 2001, p. 2401844
Georges Colonna Ceccaldiofficial (September 1866 – October 1871) · attachéMasson 1992, p. 1261866

1.Hélène Cassimatis (2001). “Melchior de Vogüé et alii and Cyprus: Monsieur Péretié”. Cyprus in the 19th Century AD: Fact, Fancy and Fiction, 216-221. Oxford, Oxbow Books.
2.O. Masson (1992). “Diplomates et amateurs d'antiquités à Chypre vers 1866-1878”. Journal des Savants, 123-154.