Autograph letter signed.
8to. 1 p. on bifolium.
€ 180.00
Announcing to an unnamed recipient his marriage to the nurse and president of the French Red Cross, Inès de Bourgoing (1862-1953): "Je vous annonce mon très prochain marriage avec Madame Fortoul née de Bourgoing - Je me réjouis de penser que vous vous trouviez réciproquement charmants [...]".
Hubert Lyautey and Inès de Bourgoing married in Paris on 14 October 1909. Lyautey had been posted to command a subdivision south of Oran in 1903, rising to the rank of a divisional general in 1907. In 1910 Lyautey left Algeria for France and briefly commanded a corps at Rennes. He returned to North Africa as early as 1912 to participate in the relief of Fez, then under siege by insurgent Moroccans. Until his retirement in 1925, Lyautey served as Resident-General of French Morocco.
Inès de Bourgoing established several Red Cross nursing facilities in Morocco during her husband's term. After his death in 1934, de Bourgoing divided her time between France and Morocco, also supporting Moroccans in France and, during WWII, Moroccan troops serving in Europe. She was awarded the rank of Grand Officer of the Order of Ouissam Alaouite in recognition of her work in Morocco.
With very light foxing and traces of folds.
