Gaston Robert Morin de Banneville, Marquis de Banneville (26 April 1818 – 13 June 1881) was a French diplomat and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the nineteenth century.[1] He was appointed to the peace conference to end the Austro-Sardinian War and would sign the Treaty of Zürich as the official French representative.[2] He was ambassador to the Holy See between 1868 and 1871.[3] His term as Foreign Minister lasted just three weeks after prime minister Gaëtan de Rochebouët resigned.[4]
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