Georges Wagniere

Geroges Wagnière has been a swiss journalist and ambassador, that served as Minister of Switzerland in Rome for 18 years.

It has been conferred the National Merit Crown port mortem, and it's the great-great grandfather of the actual King of Egemonica, Edoardo Vittorio I Podestà y Wagnière. His military grade was Major.

Georges Wagnière Georges (Antoine Maurice) Wagnière
Minister of Switzerland in Italy
Personal information
Spouses	Gabrielle (Pauline, Madeleine) Curchod
Children	Jean-Frédéric Wagnière André-Louis Wagnière Florence Wagnière Françoise Wagnière
Born	19th August 1862 - Florence, Toscane, Italie
Died	20th April 1948 - Bellevue, Genève, Suisse, aged 85 years old
Religion	Protestantism

Here's a short article about his life:

《19.8.1862 Florence, 20.4.1948 Geneva, ref., of Fey, Rueyres, and, since 1917, Geneva, honorary citizen of Grächen since 1927. Son of Frédéric, banker and member of the Regency Council of the Bank of Italy, and by Fanny Monnerat. Gabrielle, daughter of Louis Curchod. He attended school in Florence and Lausanne and then studied law in Lausanne, Leipzig and Pisa, earning his doctorate. After working seven years in Florence and then in Rome, he became a translator at the DFGP (1894) and vice-chancellor of the Conf. (1896–1902). He was editor in charge of foreign policy (1902), editor-in-chief (1908) and director (1910–18) of the Journal de Genève and pres. of the Ass. of the Swiss press Minister of Switzerland in Rome (1918–36), he had to deal with the difficult situation at the end of the First World War and the repercussions of fascism; in particular, he negotiated the conclusion of the Italo-Swiss trade treaty. of 1923 and other economic agreements. He was a member of the ICRC (since 1936) and of the soc. student Zofingia》

~ Marc Perrenoud

The diplomatic work

During his 18 years in Rome (1918–1936), he went to Spain. He was offered by the government the highest rank of the Order of St. Maurice and Lazarus, but he declined, due to the limitations of swiss government employees to receive foreign decorations.

During his residence in Rome, he wrote a book about all he saw and witnessed, from the Great War to the rose to power of Mussolini, called Dix-huit ans a Rome (Eighteen years in Rome).

Telegram from Georges Wagnière to the head of the swiss diplomacy, Francesco Motta, on the situation of the March on Rome (28 October):

"City militarily occupied order maintained stop fascists rule in various second-rank cities situation tense but not alarming. Rail traffic interrupted."