Jacques Viot


S. E. Jacques Viot was a French academic and diplomat.
The son of Edmond Viot, a civil servant, he was educated at Lycée Louis-le-Grand before attending ENS Paris.
Formerly a lecturer at Trinity College Dublin and a professor of ENA in Paris, he served as List of Ambassadors of [France to the United Kingdom|French Ambassador to the United Kingdom] from 1984 until 1986, before being granted the title of Ambassadeur de France.
In 1950 he married Jeanne de Martimprey de Romécourt.

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