Paul Ignatieff (1870-1945) was the father of George Ignatieff who was personal assistant to Vincent Massey.
Count Pavel Nikolayevich Ignatiev (Russian:   , sometimes rendered in English as Paul Ignatieff; June 30/July 12, 1870  August 12, 1945) was an Imperial Russian politician who served as Education Minister for Tsar Nicholas II. Pavel Nikolayevich Ignatiev
  
July 12 O.S. June 30] 1870
Constantinople, Ottoman Empire August 12, 1945(1945-08-12) (aged 75)
Upper Melbourne, Quebec, Canada His mother was Princess Natalia Nikolayevna Meshcherskaya and his father was Count Paul Ignatieff, a close advisor to Tsar Nicholas II serving as his last Minister of Education. He became personal assistant to the Canadian High Commissioner in London, Vincent Massey, and during his London posting began a friendship with Lester Pearson, later Prime Minister of Canada. 
