Family Group Sheet
Family Group Sheet
NameJules Henri ‘François’ (Wulfran) Charles-Roux °
Birth4 Oct 1909, Sorgues, Vaucluse, France
Death1999, Paris, France
Residence1980s, 4 Rue de Noisiel, Paris, France
Residence1970s, 57 Rue Belles Feuilles, Paris, France
Residence1936, 10 Boulevard Jourdan, Paris, 75014, France
MemoWhen he married as a student.
OccupationDiplomat. French ambassador to Damascus 1964-69 and Teheran 1969-72.
Note 1French diplomat in New York 1938-41. Joined the Foreign Affairs team of the Free French in London, becoming aide-de-camp to General de Gaulle (Free French), in London and in Algiers 1940-44.
Note 2His uncle François Charles-Roux was his guardian and a marriage witness, was President of the Suez Canal Company 1948-56 and formed an internationally renowned collection of oriental art objects.
Note 3I am grateful to Mme Sylvie Clair, head of the ‘Archives de Marseilles’ who revealed that François is named “Jules-Henri” on his marriage certificate although he was always known as François throughout his life (the name of his father, killed in WWl).
Note 4Was it pure coincidence that he and Fanny chose a country house retreat, surrounded by war cemeteries, probably not far from where his father died or was killed on the last day of the war?
FatherWulfran Marie Louis ‘Jules’ Charles-Roux (1875-1918)
MotherHenriette Marie Magdeleine (Henri) Yvaren (1887-1978)
Marriage22 Jun 1936, Marseille, France
SpouseFanny (Théodore) Zarifi °, GGG Granddaughter
Birth20 Jan 1909, Marseille, France
Death2 Jul 2003, Marseille, France
Residence1936, Allée Léon Gambetta, Paris, 75014, France
MemoAt the time of her marriage.
Residence4 Rue de Noisiel, Paris, France
Marr. WitnessNicolas Zarifi. François Charles-Roux (1879-1961) French ambassador and father of Edmonde Charles-Roux).
Note 1On the staff at General de Gaulle’s Free French HQ, London from 1940 responsible for analysing secret intelligence on the French interior.
Flags***, Argenti, Avierino, Boscovic, Calvocoressi, Cantacuzene, Caralli, Coressi, Dwerniki, Galati, Giustiniani Fi, Giustiniani Ig, Giustiniani Pi, Grimaldi, Kaplanoglou, Mavrogordato, Maximo, Negroponte, Petrocochino, Ralli (Chaviara), Rodocanachi, Scanavi, Schilizzi, Sevastopoulos, Vlasto, Vouro, Zafiropoulo, Zarifi, Zizinia
FatherThéodore Pericles (Pericles) Zarifi (1873-1949)
MotherMarie Antoinette 'Netta' (Ernest) Vlasto LdH. ° (1886-1989)