Henri Le Tonnelier de Breteuil

Henri Le Tonnelier de Breteuil (1848-1916) was a French aristocrat and politician.

Henri Le Tonnelier de Breteuil
Breteuil in 1886
Born27 September 1848 (1848-09-27)
Paris, France
Died4 November 1916 (1916-11-05) (aged 68)
OccupationPolitician

Early life

Henri Le Tonnelier de Breteuil was born in 1848.[1] He was the son of Alexandre Le Tonnelier, Marquis de Breteuil (son of Achille Le Tonnelier de Breteuil), and his wife Charlotte-Amélie Fould, daughter of the financier Achille Fould.

Career

Breteuil served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies, representing Hautes-Pyrénées.[1] He was a key negotiator in the Triple Entente.[1]

Personal life

Breteuil resided at the Château de Breteuil.[2] He often invited his friend Marcel Proust, who based the character of Hannibal de Bréauté in In Search of Lost Time on him.[2] Breteuil commissioned architect Ernest Sanson to design his Hôtel de Breteuil in the 16th arrondissement of Paris, completed in 1892.[3]

On 3 March 1891, he married the American heiress Marcelite "Lita" Garner,[4] whose sister Florence Garner married the Scottish socialite Sir William Gordon-Cumming.

Death

Breteuil died in Paris in 1916.[1]

References
  1. "Henri-Charles-Joseph Le Tonnelier de Breteuil (1848-1916)". Bibliothèque nationale de France. Retrieved June 8, 2016.
  2. Auzias, Dominique; Labourdette, Jean-Paul (2011). Les 100 plus beaux châteaux de France 2011. Paris: Le Petit Futé. p. 107. ISBN 9782746936133. OCLC 762568163.
  3. Poisson, Michel (2009). 1000 immeubles et monuments de Paris : dictionnaire visuel des architectes de la capitale. Paris: Parigramme. p. 316. ISBN 9782840965398.
  4. "MARRIED TO A MARQUIS.; CELEBRATION OF THE GARNER-BRETEUIL WEDDING AT PAU". The New York Times. 4 March 1891. Retrieved 22 June 2021.


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