Charles Pictet de Rochemont

Charles Pictet de Rochemont (22 September 1755 – 29 December 1824) was a Swiss statesman and diplomat who prepared the declaration of Switzerland's permanent neutrality ratified at the Congress of Vienna in 1815.

Early life

Charles Pictet was born on 22 September 1755 in Geneva, Republic of Geneva, into a patrician family. He was the son of Charles Pictet (1713–1792), a colonel in the service of the Dutch Republic, and Marie Dunant. Pictet studied at the Haldenstein seminary near Chur, Switzerland.

In December 1951, the Swiss charitable foundation Pro Juventute honoured Pictet de Rochemont in their semi postal series with a 5 centimes plus 5 stamp. Avenue Pictet de Rochemont in Geneva is named after him along with a plaque listing his contributions. In 1968 sculptor Peter Hartmann was commissioned to make a statue of him which was completed and installed the following year on the Promenade de la Treille.