Emile Daeschner

Émile Nosky-Georges-Henri Emile Daeschner (3 January 1863 – December 13, 1928) was a French diplomat.

Early life Daeschner was born on 3 January 1863 in the 10th arrondissement of Paris. He was the son of Alasatian Protestant parents, Ludwig Daeschner (1828–1878), a merchant from Karlsruhe, and Louise Caroline de Fernex (1830–1891), who was born in Nyon, Switzerland.

In 1909, he was appointed Minister Plenipotentiary. In 1912, he was chief of staff and staff of Raymond Poincaré, President of the Council and Minister of Foreign Affairs. From 1913, he was Minister Plenipotentiary 1st class in Lisbon (Portugal) and in Bucharest (Romania) in 1920.

Ambassador to the United States and Turkey In December 1924, he was appointed Ambassador of France in Washington, United States. Upon his arrival in New York on board the Paris in January 1925, accompanied by his wife and daughters, he was greeted by forty members of the French Institute. He was replaced by Henry Bérenger in an attempt by France to reach a debt deal (his negotiations led to the Mellon-Berenger Agreement for settling war debts).

After leaving the United States in January 1926, he succeeded Albert Sarraut as the Ambassador of France to Turkey, before his retirement in 1928. He was succeeded in Ankara by Charles de Chambrun.

Personal life Photograph of Daeschner, his wife and two daughters, Antionette and Irene, 1925. He married Henriette Krug (1876–1929), daughter of Paul Krug and Caroline Harle. Together, they had four children. In discussing her time in Washington, she was reported to say:

"Life in Washington seemed charming and quiet after Paris, London and New York, but politics dominated everything, and the intellectual and artistic centres were not so well developed as in other cities perhaps, she said, because of the absence of great wealth, which is necessary for such development."