Peace conferences
Secrétariat
November 25, 2016Photograph of the Secretariat of the Conference on the steps of Palace Huis ten Bosch, nowadays residence of His Majesty the King of The Netherlands in The Hague. M. le Jonkheer J.C.N. van Eys M. Raffalovich M. Albert Legrand M. Edouard de Grelle Rogier M. le Chevalier W. de Rappard M. le Jonkheer A.G. Schimmelpenninck M. Max Jarousse de […]
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S.E. M. le Conseiller Privé Actuel De Staal, Président de la Conférence; M. le Baron d’Estournelles de Constant, Délégué de la République Française
September 2, 2016Photograph of Baron Egor Egorovich Staal (anglicised as Georges de Staal, and francised as Georges Frédéric Charles de Staal; 1822-1907), Russian diplomat, Ambassador to the United Kingdom from 1884 to 1902, President of the Conference together with Paul-Henri-Benjamin Balluet d’Estournelles, Baron de Constant de Rebecque (1852-1924), French diplomat and politician, delegate of the French Republic to […]
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S.E. M. le Conseiller d’Etat Raffalovich, Délégué Technique de S.M. l’Empereur de Russie
September 2, 2016Photograph of Arthur Raffalovich (b.1853, Odessa), Assistant-Secretary-General of the Conference. Raffalovich was Secretary-General of the drafting committee of the Final Act and likewise Secretary to the special technical committee on the Russian arms and budgetary limitations proposals – in short a major ‘Secretary’to the Conference. Published in Conférence de la Paix, La Haye, Mai-Juillet 1899: Exemplaire de M. […]
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S.E. M. le Jonkheer J.C.N. van Eys, Secrétaire Général
August 26, 2016Photograph of Jonkheer Jan Constantijn Nicolaas van Eys van Lienden (1856-1907), Secretary-General of the Conference. Published in Conférence de la Paix, La Haye, Mai-Juillet 1899: Exemplaire de M. le Jonckheer J.C.N. van Eys, ministre-résident de S.M. la Reine, secrétaire général de la Conférence, Paris/Varsovie, B. Matuszewski. Photographic album on the occasion of the First Hague Peace Conference of […]
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S.E. M. Asser, Conseiller d’Etat du Royaume des Pays-Bas, Vice-Président de la Deuxième Commission
August 26, 2016Photograph of Tobias Michel Karel Asser (1838-1913), Dutch Councillor of State, Vice-President of the Second Commission of the Conference. In 1911, Asser won the Nobel Prize for Peace (together with Alfred Fried) for his role in the formation of the Permanent Court of Arbitration. Published in Conférence de la Paix, La Haye, Mai-Juillet 1899: Exemplaire de […]
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M. Léon Bourgeois, Ancien Président du Conseil des Ministres de France, Président de la Troisième Commission
August 18, 2016Photograph of Léon Victor Auguste Bourgeois (1851-1925), former French Prime Minister, President of the Third Commission of the Conference. In later years, he was also delegate to the Second Hague Peace Conference in 1907 and to the Paris Peace Conference in 1919. Following World War I, he became President of the Council of the League of Nations and won […]
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S.E. M. F. de Martens, Deuxième Délégué de S.M. l’Empereur de Russie, Président de la Deuxième Commission
August 18, 2016Photograph of Friedrich Fromhold Martens, or Friedrich Fromhold von Martens in German, also known as Fyodor Fyodorovich Martens (Фёдор Фёдорович Мартенс) in Russian and Frédéric Frommhold (de) Martens in French (1845-1909), diplomat and jurist in service of the Russian Empire, Second Delegate of H.M. the Tsar of Russia, President of the Second Commission. De Martens made important […]
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S.E. M. A. Beernaert, Président de la Chambre des Représentants de Belgique, Président de la Première Commission
August 12, 2016Photograph of Auguste Marie François Beernaert (1829-1912), former Belgian Prime Minister, President of the Chamber of Representatives, President of the First Commission of the Conference. Published in Conférence de la Paix, La Haye, Mai-Juillet 1899: Exemplaire de M. le Jonckheer J.C.N. van Eys, ministre-résident de S.M. la Reine, secrétaire général de la Conférence, Paris/Varsovie, B. Matuszewski. Photographic album on […]
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S.E. M. le Jonkheer A.P.C. van Karnebeek, Vice-Président
August 12, 2016Photograph of Jonkheer Abraham Pieter Cornelis van Karnebeek (1836-1925), former Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs, diplomat and politician, Vice-President of the Conference. Published in Conférence de la Paix, La Haye, Mai-Juillet 1899: Exemplaire de M. le Jonckheer J.C.N. van Eys, ministre-résident de S.M. la Reine, secrétaire général de la Conférence, Paris/Varsovie, B. Matuszewski. Photographic album on the occasion of […]
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S.E. M. De Staal, Conseiller privé actuel, Président de la Conférence
August 11, 2016Photograph of Baron Egor Egorovich Staal (anglicised as Georges de Staal, and francised as Georges Frédéric Charles de Staal; 1822-1907), Russian diplomat, Ambassador to the United Kingdom from 1884 to 1902, President of the Conderence. Published in Conférence de la Paix, La Haye, Mai-Juillet 1899: Exemplaire de M. le Jonckheer J.C.N. van Eys, ministre-résident de S.M. la […]
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