LETTER FROM LIEUTENANT GENERAL, INSPECTOR OF CAVALRY, BARON MARCELLIN MARBOT TO LIEUTENANT GENERAL BARON GOURGAUD, June 26, 1842. 18999-3

LETTER FROM LIEUTENANT GENERAL, CAVALRY INSPECTOR, BARON MARCELLIN MARBOT TO LIEUTENANT GENERAL BARON GOURGAUD, June 26, 1842. 18999-3

The Lieutenant General, Cavalry Inspector, Baron de Marbot, writes to Lieutenant General Baron Gourgaud, King's aide-de-camp in Paris, from Nancy on June 26, 1842, regarding the promotion of Maréchal des Logis Lambert.
A photo of a drawing representing the portrait of Baron de Marbot is enclosed.

"My dear Gourgaud,
You probably knew that Maréchal des Logis Lambert, whom you are interested in, was removed from the promotion list two years ago for seriously disobeying a Chief Warrant Officer and persuading one of his comrades to take leave which the Chief Warrant Officer believed should not be granted. This removal has been particularly detrimental to Mr. Lambert as since that time three non-commissioned officers, ranked lower than him on the promotion list, have been promoted to the rank of second lieutenant.
However, as Mr. Lambert has conducted himself very well since that initial mistake and the severe lesson he received may have prompted him to make wise reflections, I have judged that the punishment was sufficient and I am pleased to inform you that I have reinstated Mr. Lambert on the promotion list, where there was only one vacant spot. This non-commissioned officer is now at number 5, but I am hopeful [...]
Signed: Bon de Marbot".

Dimensions: H 21.3 cm x 7 cm.
2 pages.
Good condition.

BIOGRAPHIES:
Jean-Baptiste Antoine Marcelin MARBOT, more commonly known as Marcellin Marbot, Baron de Marbot, born on August 18, 1782 in Altillac and died on November 16, 1854 in Paris, was a French military officer of the 19th century. He came from an ancient family of military nobility in Quercy which produced three generals for France within less than fifty years. He pursued his career in the French army staff during the First Empire, eventually becoming a Lieutenant General under the July Monarchy. His memoirs provide a remarkable testimony on the Napoleonic era.

Gaspard GOURGAUD, Baron Gourgaud, born in Versailles on November 14, 1783 and died on July 25, 1852 in Paris, was a French general and politician.
A graduate of Polytechnique and an artillery officer, he became Napoleon I's first aide-de-camp, and later one of the main memorialists of Napoleon, having saved the Emperor's life twice. He accompanied the Emperor in exile to Saint Helena but left the island in 1818.
Married in 1822 to Françoise-Marthe Roederer (1783-1823), daughter of Count Pierre-Louis Roederer, he had a son, Louis-Napoléon-Marie-Hélène (1823-1879), 2nd Baron Gourgaud, who named his own son Marie-Honoré-Gaspard-Napoléon (1859-1919). The first Baron Gourgaud is buried at Père-Lachaise Cemetery.
Through his marriage, he became an administrator of the family company Les Manufactures de glaces et verres de Saint-Quirin, Cirey et Monthermé.
He sustained various injuries including an arrow wound at Leipzig and a lance strike at Waterloo.