Who is Edmonde Charles Genet as noted in the biography, Alexander Hamilton?

Edmonde Charles Genet is the French ambassador to the United States during Washington’s presidency. Genet is at first warmly received by the people of the country, but quickly loses support among Americans – including Hamilton and Jefferson – when Genet tries to go over Washington’s head to appeal to the people at large for support in using American ports to prepare ships for war against the British. Genet provides a brief moment when Hamilton, Jefferson, Washington, and all others are aligned on a single issue. The Jacobins in France decide Genet’s offenses warrant death, so Genet appeals for asylum in America. Hamilton urges Washington to grant it, which Washington does. Genet spends the rest of his life in upstate New York where he marries the daughter of the state governor.