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acquired the Suez shares belonging to the Khedive, by admitting to the board of directors of the company three representatives from the government of Britain. The consolidation of interests which resulted, and which was strengthened by the addition in 1884 of seven more British directors, chosen from
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Lesseps succeeded in rousing the patriotism of the French and obtaining by their subscriptions more than half of the capital of two hundred million francs which he needed in order to form a company, but could not attract any substantial capital contribution from the general public in British or other
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used de Lesseps' surname as the codeword to Egyptian personnel designated to seize the offices of Suez Canal Company. Nasser used the codeword repeatedly in a public address in Alexandria that was broadcast to the nation via radio, and minutes later announced that he had issued a presidential decree
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Lesseps then retired from the diplomatic service, and never again occupied any public office. In 1853, he lost his wife and his son Ferdinand Victor at a few days' interval. In 1854, the accession to the viceroyalty of Egypt of Said Pasha gave Lesseps a new impulse to act upon the creation of a Suez
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north of Cairo for Ali while preaching for a union of the Mediterranean and Red Seas. While he was there an epidemic of plague broke out and lasted for two years, resulting in the deaths of more than a third of the inhabitants of Cairo and Alexandria. During this time Lesseps went from one city to
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This is the result of the devoted enthusiasm, the intelligence and the noblest sentiments which can inspire man. It is great in its conception, great in its execution, great in its proportions; let us hope that it will add, by its moral value, to the memories and sympathies that it is intended to
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to have an athletic body, and to get rid of his obesity, so he ordered his young son to exercise daily for two hours and follow a very simple diet. To safeguard the child's morals, he could visit no other house than that of de Lesseps. The young prince became friend of Ferdinand and "both of them
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His first years were spent in Italy, where his father was occupied with his consular duties. His father then was appointed the first consul of France in Morocco and in 1800 joined the Egyptian army as commissioner of commercial relations. There the Lesseps struck friendship with the local ruler,
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for the Corps LĂ©gislatif, it was because he yielded to the entreaties of the Imperial government in order to strengthen its goodwill for the Suez Canal. Once this goodwill had been shown, he bore no malice towards those who rendered him his liberty by preferring
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in the area, as well as beset by financial problems, and the planned Lesseps Panama Canal was never completed. Eventually, the project was bought out by the United States, which solved the medical problems and changed the design to a non-sea level canal with
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nationalising the Suez Canal Company. The statue of Lesseps at the entrance of the Suez Canal was removed from its pedestal, to symbolize the end of European control of the waterway. The statue now stands in a small garden of the
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While in the interests of his canal, Lesseps resisted British government opposition to an enterprise which threatened to give France control of the shortest route to India, he acted favourably towards Britain's interests after
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revelled in devouring immense quantities of spaghetti. This intimacy and his longing for pasta caused Muhammad Said to hurry to the French consulate whenever the frugal diet of the viceregal table left a void in his stomach".
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and eight years to complete. After two years of surveys, work on the canal began in 1882. However, the technical difficulties of operating in the wet tropics dogged the project. Particularly disastrous were recurrent
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in Paris. Sa'id was educated in Paris as well, and kept the friendship. From the age of 18 years to 20 he was employed in the commissary department of the army. From 1825 to 1827 he acted as assistant vice-consul at
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the other with zeal and energy. Towards the close of the year 1837 he returned to France, and on 21 December married Agathe Delamalle (1819–1853), daughter of the government prosecuting attorney at the court of
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was organized at the end of 1858. On 25 April 1859, the first blow of the pickaxe was given by Lesseps at Port Said. During the following ten years, Lesseps had to overcome the continuing resistance of the
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on the grounds that it had been more than three years since the crime was committed. Ultimately, in 1904 the United States bought out the assets of the Company and resumed work under a revised plan.
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called "Linant Bey" and Mougel Bey. This project, differing from others that were previously presented or that were in opposition to it, provided for a direct link between the Mediterranean and the
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in Egypt, but Abbas had closed off most of Egypt to foreign influence. Upon Abbas' assassination in 1854, Lesseps made inquiries with a former, if short-term, acquaintance and successor in Egypt,
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In Paris on November 25, 1869—a week after the opening of the Suez Canal—Lesseps married his second wife, who was a third his age. Louise-Hélène Autard de Bragard was born on the island of
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perpetuate. We now transfer to you, Mr. Minister, this great statue and trust that it may forever stand the pledge of friendship between France and the Great Republic of the United States.
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From the middle of the 18th century the ancestors of Lesseps followed diplomatic careers, and he himself occupied several diplomatic posts from 1825 to 1849. His uncle was ennobled by
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needed a scapegoat and Lesseps was an easy target. Lesseps was accused of causing dishonor to the French army and was censured although he was not told to leave the Foreign Ministry.
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of documents and materials related to the Panama Canal includes a number of references to the French project, including photographs of de Lesseps and his house in Panama.
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This work struck Lesseps's imagination, and was one of the influences that gave him the idea of constructing a canal across the African isthmus. Fortunately for Lesseps,
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The failure of the project is sometimes referred to as the Panama Canal Scandal, after rumors circulated that French politicians and journalists had received
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The origins of Lesseps' family are traceable back as far as the end of the 14th century. His ancestors, it is believed, came from Spain, and settled at
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where he was able to find support from a Captain Peacock, who felt the canal project was worth supporting as it would provide routes to save time.
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law. Youssouff acknowledged this protection given by a Frenchman by distinguishing himself in the ranks of the French army at the time of the
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in 1833. The French were able to manoeuvre in Egypt under Ali's graces by playing off the British intervention against Ali in Istanbul.
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Lesseps steadily endeavored to keep out of politics. If, in 1869, he appeared to deviate from this principle by being a candidate at
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among shipping merchants and business men, increased, for the benefit of all concerned, the commercial character of the enterprise.
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replaced the previous foreign minister. Lesseps course was disapproved; he was recalled and brought before the Council of State.
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Share of the Compagnie Universelle du Canal Interocéanique de Panama, issued 29. November 1880 – signed by Ferdinand de Lesseps
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was full of mud which would obstruct the entrance to the canal, and that the sands from the desert would fill the trenches.
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A first scheme, initiated by Lesseps, was immediately drawn out by two French engineers who were in the Egyptian service,
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and the only survivor of the expedition in which La Pérouse perished. Barthélemy de Lesseps had left the expedition in
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Robert Martin de Lesseps (1915–1981), married in London on 11 August 1945 to Beatrice Duggan (1922– ), and had issue:
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Antoine de Contades (b 1932), married on 15 November 1963 to Daphne Jean Jefferson, with issue. A son Yves de Contades
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Robert de Lesseps (1882–1916), married February 27, 1902 to Marthe Josepha Sophie Allard (1884–1970), and had issue:
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Claire de Lesseps (1956– ), married to Johann, Graf von Gudenus (1952– ), and has issue, one son and two daughters
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to act as arbitrator in the disputes. Finally, on 17 November 1869, the canal was officially opened by the
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Yvonne de Contades (b. 1928), married on 27 January 1951 to Bernard, Count of Harcourt (1925–1958; son of
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in Paris, under the presidency of Admiral de la Roncire le Noury, and voted in favor of the creation of a
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In February 1880, Lesseps arrived in New York City to raise money for the project. When he stayed at the
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foreign countries. The Egyptian government thus subscribed for eighty million francs worth of shares.
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In October 1886, Lesseps traveled to the United States to speak at the dedication ceremony of the
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ended the project. The Panama Canal Company declared itself bankrupt in December 1888 and entered
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In 1849, the government of the French Republic sent Lesseps to Rome to negotiate the return of
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Ferdinande de Lesseps (1872–1948), married firstly in Paris on 10 May 1890 to Ferdinand de
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In May 1879, a congress of 136 delegates (including Lesseps) assembled in the rooms of the
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Marie-Eugénie de Lesseps (1876–1958), married in Paris on 11 December 1900 to François du
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From 17 November 1899 to 23 December 1956, a monumental statue of Ferdinand de Lesseps by
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to see the planned pathway. He estimated in 1880 that the project would take 658 million
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into the excavations from the bordering water-saturated hills, and the death toll from
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in Paris. The grave stands at one of the junctions amongst other large family tombs.
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Associació de Veïns i Comerciants de la Plaça Lesseps, Gràcia, Barcelona, Catalonia
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Lesseps' statue displayed today in front of the Suez Canal International Museum in
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Lesseps, Ferdinand de (June 1880). "Address on the Inter-Oceanic Canal Scheme".
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Marie Solange de Lesseps (1877–?), married in Paris on 12 January 1910 to
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In addition, Manuel Soto played the part in a 1944 Spanish feature film,
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and the Geographic Society while touring the area. Lesseps then went to
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The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal 1870–1914
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during the 1880s, but the project was devastated by epidemics of
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He attempted to repeat this success with an effort to build a
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Blowitz concludes with an assessment of Lesseps' personality.
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Lesseps accepted the presidency of the French committee of
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After Ferdinand returned to France he was educated at the
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and died on 29 January 1909 at Château de La Chesnay in
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Ferdinand de Lesseps was born November 19, 1805, in
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