| 词条 | Luís Pinto de Soveral, 1st Marquis of Soveral |
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|quote = (...) the notorious Marquis de Soveral, who represented Portugal. An intimate friend of King Edward, he was known as the "Blue Monkey" in London society where it was said, "he made love to all the most beautiful women and all the nicest men were his friends." (...) |author = Barbara Tuchman |source = The Proud Tower, p.283, The Macmillan Company, New York City, 1962, available here https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.214565 |width = 35% |align = right }} He was born at São João da Pesqueira, son of Eduardo Pinto de Soveral, visconde de São Luis, and his wife Maria da Piedade Paes de Sande e Castro.[1] Joining the diplomatic service, he was an attaché and Secretary of Legation at Vienna, Berlin, and Madrid. He was First Secretary at the London Embassy in 1885 and advanced to the rank of Minister in 1891. He was a Counsellor of State, and served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1895 to 1897.[2] In 1897 he was made an Honorary Knight Grand Cross of the British Order of St Michael and St George,[3] and later that year was appointed Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the Court of St James's.[2] Soveral was a friend of the Prince of Wales (later Edward VII) and a prominent member of the "Marlborough House set".[4] He was Ambassador Extraordinary for Edward VII's coronation[2] and was made an Honorary Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order in 1902.[5] He was Ambassador Extraordinary to the Second Hague Conference in 1907.[2] His tenure as Portuguese Minister in London ended in 1910,[2] when the Revolution of 5 October overthrew the Portuguese monarchy. Soveral was created a Marquess by the King of Portugal in 1900, and was a Grand Cross of the Order of the Tower and Sword. He died at Paris, when his title became extinct.[1] References1. ^1 Luis Maria Augusto Pinto de Soveral, 1º marquês de Soveral at geneall.net. Accessed 4 March 2012 {{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Soveral, Luis Pinto de}}{{Portugal-politician-stub}}2. ^1 2 3 4 ‘DE SOVERAL’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 4 March 2012 3. ^{{London Gazette|issue=26813|page=185|date=12 January 1897}} 4. ^1 Jane Ridley, ‘Marlborough House set (act. 1870s–1901)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press. accessed 4 March 2012 5. ^{{London Gazette|issue=27510|page=8967|date=30 December 1902}} 6 : 1851 births|1922 deaths|Grand Crosses of the Order of the Tower and Sword|Honorary Knights Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George|Honorary Knights Grand Cross of the Royal Victorian Order|Portugal–United Kingdom relations |
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