Alexander Mikhailovich Golitsyn (vice chancellor)

15 November] 1807) - was a representative of the younger branch of the House of Golitsyn; a Russian envoy to the Dutch Republic, Great Britain, and Vice-Chancellor.

6 November] 1723, as the eldest son of General-Admiral Mikhail Mikhailovich Golitsyn from his marriage to Tatiana, the daughter of the Moscow governor Kirill Alekseyevich Naryshkin.

During the June coup of 1762, Golitsyn was sent to Peter III of Russia who wrote to Catherine a letter in which the emperor "asked for a pardon" and permission to retire in a foreign country.

From 9 June 1762 to 2 April 1775 he was Privy Councillor (1764), senator, and Chief Chamberlain and member of the Collegium of Foreign Affairs.

[9] In 1771 he collaborated with his cousin Dmitri Alekseyevich Gallitzin in The Hague to acquire rare paintings after the death of Gerrit Braamcamp, but the valuable cargo on board of Vrouw Maria got lost near the coast of Finland in a storm.

Interested mainly in the external side of diplomatic relations, Golitsyn had no influence on affairs; the head of Russian politics was Panin.

Foreigners did not rate Prince Golitsyn's abilities very highly, but they noted that he always stood outside the parties and avoided intrigues.

[11] In 1809, his nephew, Sergei Mikhailovich (1774–1859), completed the building that was built on the territory of the hospital by A.M. Golitsyn in 1803 to house an art gallery.