Count Henri-Marie-Joseph-René Marty (1887-1945) was a

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educator, first

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of the in 1911, one of the first recorded Boy Scout troops in France; International Commissioner of Eclaireurs de France and the French Federal Board, as well as a member of the

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from 1922 to 1940. He attended

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' lectures at the

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. At his eulogy, National Commissioner André Lefèvre said "Big and strong as a policeman in London, Count Henri Marty listened, without a word, powerful and quiet as a Roman proconsul; and his clear gaze straight ahead, as the motto, filtered through tortoiseshell-rimmed glasses: in a wink you are gauged, tried, baffled. ..Silver Fox is Scout name/totem">totem.html" ;"title="is Scout name/totem">is Scout name/totemwas a beautiful kind of man and a great leader.", and that the loss "will be felt by both all the Scouts of France and many French leaders and Scout Movements abroad where he enjoyed a real prestige."http://www.harmatheque.com/article/henri_marty__1887_1945____un_eclaireur_de_france_au_service_de_la_jeunesse_et_de_la_patrie3882 "HENRI MARTY (1887-1945) - Un éclaireur de France au service de la jeunesse et de la patrie/Nathalie Duval/« Grand et fort comme un policeman de Londres, le comte Henri Marty vous écoute, sans mot dire, puissant et calme comme un proconsul romain ; et son clair regard tout droit, comme la devise, filtre à travers un inquiétant lorgnon cerclé d'écaille : en un clin d'oeil vous êtes jaugé, jugé, déconcerté. [ ... ] Renard argenté [son totem] est plus qu'un beau type d'homme, c'est un grand chef. » . C'est en ces termes élogieux que le commissaire national André Lefèvre rend hommage, dans Le Chef, à celui dont la perte « sera ressentie à la fois par tous les éclaireurs de France et par un grand nombre de chefs des Mouvements français et du Scoutisme étranger auprès desquels il jouissait d'un réel prestige"

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Henri, Count, Marie, Joseph, René Marty Scouting and Guiding in France 1887 births 1945 deaths 20th-century French educators