Drouyn de Lhuys, French statesman and diplomatist, born in Paris; was ambassador at the Hague and Madrid; distinguished himself by his opposition to Guizot; served as Minister of Foreign Affairs under Louis Napoleon; withdrew into private life after the collapse at Sedan (1805‒1881).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Drouot * Droysen