Herman Wrangel (diplomat)

Count Anton Magnus Herman Wrangel af Sauss (13 August 1857 – 9 October 1934) was a Swedish diplomat. He served as Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the King of Sweden at the Court of St James' between 1906 and 1920 and as Minister for Foreign Affairs in the cabinets of Louis De Geer and Oscar von Sydow between 1920 and 1921.[1]

Herman Wrangel
Wrangel in 1907
Minister for Foreign Affairs
In office 27 October 1920 – 13 October 1921
Prime Minister	Louis De Geer Oscar von Sydow
Preceded by	Erik Palmstierna
Succeeded by	Hjalmar Branting
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the King of Sweden at the Court of St James'
In office 1906–1920
Preceded by	Carl Bildt
Succeeded by	Erik Palmstierna
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the King of Sweden at Saint Petersburg
In office 1904–1906
Preceded by	August Gyldenstolpe
Succeeded by	Edvard Brändström
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the King of Sweden and Norway at Brussels and The Haag
In office 1900–1904
Preceded by	August Gyldenstolpe
Succeeded by	Gustaf Falkenberg
Personal details
Born	(1857-08-13)August 13, 1857 Salsta Palace, Uppland, Sweden
Died	October 9, 1934(1934-10-09) (aged 77) Stockholm
Political party	independent
Spouse(s)	Charlotte Baour
Children	Oskar Fredrik Ulrik Louis Wrangel af Sauss

Herman Wrangel was born at Salsta Palace in Uppland, Sweden, the son of Count Fredrik Ulrik Wrangel af Sauss and the Countess Ulrika Ebba Vilhelmina Sprengtporten.[1][2]

Wrangel was attache at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, serving in Copenhagen and Paris 1884. He was made second secretary at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs 1885, chamberlain and acting vice master of ceremonies 1887, first secretary at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs 1889, acting secretary of the Swedish legation in Paris 1890–1896 and then secretary in Paris 1896–1900, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Brussels and The Hague 1900, at Saint Petersburg 1904, and at London 1906. Minister for Foreign Affairs 1920–1921.[1]

Accompanied King Oscar II on several of his travels abroad. Was secretary of the Swedish-Norwegian delegation at the International Factory and Mine Labour Conference in Berlin 1890 and envoy of Sweden at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919.[1]

He married in 1893 in Bordeaux, France, Louise Charlotte Suzanne Baour (1869–1940) the daughter of Charles Baour and Marguerite Guestier. Their son Oskar Fredrik Ulrik Louis Wrangel af Sauss was born in Paris on 23 January 1895, and died unmarried at the age of 32 at Chateau de Villambis in France on 9 January 1928.[1][2]

Ancestors of Herman Wrangel[2]

16. Anton Johan Wrangel af Sauss 8. Anton Johan Wrangel af Sauss 17. Katarina Sofia Kruuse 4. Fredrik Ulrik Wrangel af Sauss 18. Erik Arvid Sparre af Söfdeborg 9. Charlotta Regina Sparre af Söfdeborg 19. Charlotta Eleonora Siöblad 2. Fredrik Ulrik Wrangel af Sauss 20. Casper Ehrenborg 10. Daniel Isak Ehrenborg 21. Elisabet Eufrosyne von Conowen 5. Ulrika Lovisa Ehrenborg 22. Christian Joakim Klingspor 11. Hedvig Ulrika Lovisa Klingspor 23. Helena Christina de Besche 1. Anton Magnus Herman Wrangel af Sauss 24. Magnus Vilhelm Sprengtporten 12. Johan Vilhelm Sprengtporten 25. Anna Margareta Ammorin 6. Jakob Wilhelm Sprengtporten 26. Carl Gustaf Mörner af Morlanda 13. Sophia Lovisa Mörner af Morlanda 27. Sofia Elisabet Steuch 3. Ulrika Ebba Vilhelmina Sprengtporten 28. Erik Brahe 14. Magnus Fredrik Brahe 29. Christina Charlotta Piper 7. Ulrika Wilhelmina Brahe 30. Otto Anders Koskull 15. Aurora Wilhelmina Koskull 31. Amalia Beata Silfversparre

References

1. Lindblad, Göran, ed. (1924). Svensk Biografisk Handbok 1925 (in Swedish). Stockholm: P. A. Norstedt & Söners. p. 831.
2. Elgenstierna, Gustaf. Den introducerade svenska adelns ättartavlor 1925–36 (in Swedish). Stockholm: P. A. Norstedt & söner.