Jacques Edouard de Plan de Sieyes de Veynes (21 July 1891 — 25 June 1949) was a
Legion of honor decorated captain who acted for
de Gaulle
Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle (; ; (commonly abbreviated as CDG) 22 November 18909 November 1970) was a French army officer and statesman who led Free France against Nazi Germany in World War II and chaired the Provisional Governm ...
against
Vichy
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It is a spa and resort town and in World War II was the capital of ...
.
His parents were Raoul de Plan de Sieyès de Veynes (1848 - 1944), lawyer, Joan of Indy (1856 - 1943).
De Sieyes was a classmate of de Gaulle at the military academy
École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr.
In
WWI
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he was "wounded three times and cited for bravery while serving in the French artillery and air force."
On 9 May 1917 he married Louise Hamilton-Paine (1893-1972) in Cap-d'Ail.
He was a flight captain and attaché of
French Embassy in
Washington
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,
and president of Patou (perfume) from July 1940
before quitting,
giving his time to help de Gaulle.
De Sieyes was a founding member
[A Nation-Wide Organization, ''Maison Francaise''. (PDF)] of
France Forever
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on 29 June 1940.
In September 1940, the ''Fighting French Committee of the Emergency Aid of Pennsylvania'', was established "by Mrs. Eugene Houdry, Mrs. Pierre Quilleret, Mr. Jacques de Sieyès, then delegate of General de Gaulle and Dr.
Albert Simard
Albert Charles Joseph Simard ''Albert C. J. Simard(ca. 1891 — May 2, 1973New York State Journal of Medicine. (1973). United States: Medical Society of the State of New York. p. 2918Free French
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forces, de Sieyes left to meet de Gaulle.
In
London
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, he announced: "The French people are not only starving, but absolutely ready for revolt — if they had the means to carry it out."
After the war, de Gaulle appointed de Sieyes to an ambassadorial post.
De Sieyes died by drowning in June 1949.
See also
*
Escadrille 26
''Escadrille 26'' is a squadron of the French Air Force founded in 1914 and still active today.
History
Escadrille 26 was founded on 26 August 1914, at Arras. It was originally equipped with ''Morane-Saulnier'' aircraft, leading to its designation ...
References
1891 births
1949 deaths
Recipients of the Legion of Honour
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