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 against Vichy.
Jacques Edouard de Plan de Sieyes de Veynes | |
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| Born | 21 July 1891 Nogent-sur-Marne, France |
| Died | 25 June 1949 (aged 57) Paris, France |
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His parents were Raoul de Plan de Sieyès de Veynes (1848 - 1944), lawyer, Joan of Indy (1856 - 1943).[1]
De Sieyes was a classmate of de Gaulle at the military academy École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr.[2][3][4] In WWI he was "wounded three times and cited for bravery while serving in the French artillery and air force."[4]
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,[4][5][6] and president of Patou (perfume) from July 1940[7][8] before quitting,[4] giving his time to help de Gaulle.
De Sieyes was a founding member[8][9][10][11][12] of France Forever 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 to support and encourage the thousands of young Frenchmen and women serving in England with the British forces."[13]
In February 1941, as representative in the US of the Free French forces, de Sieyes left to meet de Gaulle.[14] In London, he announced: "The French people are not only starving, but absolutely ready for revolt — if they had the means to carry it out."[8]
After the war, de Gaulle appointed de Sieyes to an ambassadorial post.
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edit- ^ "Jacques Edouard de Plan de Siéyès de Veynes - Les Français Libres". www.francaislibres.net. Retrieved 2022-10-02.
- ^ d'Hauterive, André François Joseph Borel; Révérend, vicomte Albert; d'), Howard Horace Angerville (comte (1909). Annuaire de la pairie et de la noblesse de France, des maisons souveraines de l'Europe et de la diplomatie (in French). p. 228.
- ^ guerre, France Ministère de la (1911). Annuaire officiel des officiers de l'armée active (in French). p. 423.
- ^ a b c d e LLC, New York Media (1983-10-17). New York Magazine. New York Media, LLC. pp. 60–62.
- ^ étrangères, Ministère des Affaires (2005). Documents Diplomatiques Francais: 1921 Tome II (1 Er Juillet - 31 Dec.) (in French). Peter Lang. p. 840. ISBN 978-90-5201-243-8.
- ^ "Jacques Edouard de Plan de Sieyès de Veynes (1891 - 1949)". man8rove.com. Retrieved 2022-10-02.
- ^ Happe, Katja; Mayer, Michael; Peers, Maja (2021-12-31). Western and Northern Europe 1940–June 1942. Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. p. 595. ISBN 978-3-11-068769-9.
- ^ a b c "FRANCE: Troubled Exiles". Time. 1941-03-10. ISSN 0040-781X. Retrieved 2022-09-30.
- ^ Hopkins, John Appleton Haven (1942). Diary of World Events, Being a Chronological Record of the Second World War Photographically Reproduced from the American and Foreign Newspapers Despatches as Reported Day by Day, Including Maps, Pictures, Cartoons, Anecdotes, Official Messages, Reports and Declarations, and Congressional Acts ... National advertising Company. p. 1095.
- ^ Congress, United States (1941). Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the ... Congress. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 344.
- ^ A Nation-Wide Organization, Maison Francaise. (PDF)
- ^ "Le comité de la France Libre des États-Unis - Fondation de la France Libre" (in French). 2009-11-10. Retrieved 2022-09-30.
- ^ Inc, France Forever (1943). Year Book. p. 116.
{{cite book}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ "AIDE IN U.S. LEAVES TO MEET DE GAULLE; Count de Sieyes Will Discuss How 'Free France' May Best Be Served Here". The New York Times. 1941-02-20. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-10-02.
- ^ "LE CORPS de M. de Plan de Siéyès de Veynes ancien ministre de France à La Paz est retiré de la Seine". Le Monde.fr (in French). 1949-06-27. Retrieved 2022-10-06.
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