Lyautey, Louis Hubert Gonzalve
- Date of birth:
- November 17th, 1854 (Nancy, France)
- Date of death:
- July 21st, 1934 (Thorey-Lyautey, France)
- Buried on:
- Tombs Église Saint-Louis-des-Invalides
- Nationality:
- French
Biography
1873-1875: École spéciale militaire de Saint-Cyr, promotion "archiduc Albert"
1876: sous-lieutenant, École d'application d'État-major, Paris
1878: promoted to lieutenant
June 1880: 2e régiment de hussards
December 1880: regiment moved to Algeria - Orléansville, Algiers
1882: promoted to capitaine and appointed to the 4e régiment de chasseurs à cheval, Bruyères, Vosges
1883: aide de camp, général L'Hotte, inspecteur de la cavalerie, Tours
1887: chef, 1er escadron, 4e régiment de chasseurs à cheval, Saint-Germain-en-Laye
1891: author of the article "Du rôle social de l'officier dans le service militaire universel"
April 1893: promoted to chef d'escadrons and appointed to the 12e régiment de hussards, Gray
October 1893: état-major, 7e division de cavalerie
August 1894: appointed to the état-major, corps d'occupation, Hanoï, Tonkin, Indochina
March 1897: appointed to Tananarive, Madagascar
December 1899: auhtor of the article, « Du rôle colonial de l'armée » in the newspaper "Revue des Deux-Mondes"
1900: promoted to colonel, commandant, province du sud, Madagascar
January 1902: commandant, 14e régiment de hussards, Alençon
September 1903: appointed to Aïn Sefra, Algeria and promoted to général de brigade - Figuig, Berguem, Aïn Beni Mathar
1907: commandant, division d'Oran, 19e Corps d'Armée, Algeria - campaign in Marocco, Oudjda
1908: Casablanca, Settat
November 1910: commandant, corps d'armée, Rennes
course, Centre des hautes études militaires
April 28th, 1912: first résident général de France au Maroc, Rabat
October 31st, 1912: Académie française
December 22nd, 1916: ministre de la Guerre
March 14th, 1917: dismissed
May 29th, 1917: résident général de France au Maroc, Rabat
1924: Rif War
October 1925: dismissed and retired at Thorey-Lyautey
1927-1931: commissaire général, Exposition coloniale, Porte Dorée, Paris
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Order of St. Stanislaus IV class
- Awarded on:
- 1882
Real Ordem Militar de Nosso Senhor Jesus Cristo
- Rank:
- Knight
- Awarded on:
- 1882
Chevalier de l' Ordre National de la Legion d'Honneur
- Awarded on:
- December 30th, 1895
- Awarded on:
- March 1896
Royal Order of Cambodia
- Rank:
- Commander
- Awarded on:
- 1896
Commandeur de l'ordre du Dragon d'Annam
- Awarded on:
- 1896
- Awarded on:
- July 12th, 1899
Ordre de l'Étoile d'Anjouan - Commandeur
- Awarded on:
- January 13th, 1902
- Awarded on:
- September 6th, 1902
- Awarded on:
- July 12th, 1905
- Awarded on:
- September 1st, 1905
- Awarded on:
- July 11th, 1908
- Awarded on:
- 1910
- Awarded on:
- September 17th, 1913
Kyuokujitsu sho, 4th Class
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- September 15th, 1915
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- 1915
Grootlint in de Leopoldsorde / Grand cordon de l'Ordre de Léopold
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- February 4th, 1917
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Awarded on:
- February 4th, 1917
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Period:
- First World War (1914-1918)
Wissam Alaouit Cherifien - Grand Cordon
Sources
- - Lyautey, maréchal de France : 1854-1934 (1984)
- Les décorations du Maréchal Lyautey | Fondation Lyautey
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