Eduard Willy Kurt Herbert von Dirksen (2 April 1882 – 19 December 1955) was a German diplomat who was the last German ambassador to Britain before World War II. == Parvenu nobleman == Dirksen was born into a recently ennobled family whose members had served as Prussian civil servants for generations. His father, Willibald, was ennobled by Emperor Wilhelm I in 1887, which allowed him to add the nobiliary particle von to his surname.
Eduard Willy Kurt Herbert von Dirksen (2 April 1882 – 19 December 1955) was a German diplomat who was the last German ambassador to Britain before World War II. == Parvenu nobleman == Dirksen was born into a recently ennobled family whose members had served as Prussian civil servants for generations. His father, Willibald, was ennobled by Emperor Wilhelm I in 1887, which allowed him to add the nobiliary particle von to his surname.
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