Claim: Édouard Drouyn de Lhuys was a French diplomat who served as an ambassador to the Netherlands and Spain and as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1848 to 1849.
Evidence: Édouard Drouyn de Lhuys (pronounced [edwaːʁ dʁuɛ̃ də‿lɥis; 19 November 1805 – 1 March 1881) was a French diplomat. He was ambassador to the Netherlands and Spain, and distinguished himself by his opposition to Guizot. Drouyn de Lhuys served as Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1848 to 1849 in the first government of Odilon Barrot.