Enrique Dupuy de Lôme y Paulín[1] (August 23, 1851 – July 1, 1904) was a Spanish ambassador to the United States.
His father's family had moved to Spain from France after the French Revolution to work in the silk industry.
[3] Dupuy de Lôme was appointed Minister from Spain to the United States for the second time in May 1885.
Dupuy de Lôme had large diplomatic experience, having represented his country in London, Paris, Berlin and Brussels.
[4] He married Adela Vidiella y Andreu of Cádiz when she was seventeen years of age, and most of her life from that point on was spent in foreign legations.