Edgar Humann-Guilleminot

Edgar Eugène Humann-Guilleminot (born May 7, 1838 in the 1st arrondissement , Paris ; † May 9, 1914 in the 7th arrondissement , Paris) was a French rear admiral who was chief of the naval general staff between 1894 and 1895 .

Life

Humann-Guilleminot, son of the diplomat Jules Emile Humann and his wife Isabelle Hortense Guilleminot, was a grandson of Jean-Georges Humann , who was Minister of Finance between 1832 and 1836 and again from 1840 to 1842 , and of General Armand Charles Guilleminot . He himself began training as a naval officer at the Naval School (École navale) in Lanvéoc in 1855 . After serving in Le Havre and Brazil , he was transferred to the port city of Toulon on August 1, 1857 . He then took part on board the frigate Andromède on a trip to South America and in 1860 on board the ship of the line Bretagne belonging to the maneuver squadron (Escadre d'évolutions) on a trip to Syria . On September 1, 1861 he was promoted to first lieutenant at sea (Enseigne de vaisseau) , whereupon he was first Ordonnanzoffizier and in 1863 aide-de-camp of Rear Admiral Charles Rigault de Genouilly on board the Ville de Paris . After his promotion to lieutenant captain (Lieutenant de Vaisseau) he was between 1865 and 1867 aide-de-camp of the commander of the naval units in the China Sea . There he was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Legion of Honor on December 29, 1866 .

In 1869 Humann-Guilleminot was transferred to the General Staff of the Navy Ministry, where he witnessed the siege of Paris during the Franco-Prussian War between 1870 and 1871 . On January 21, 1871 he was awarded the Officer's Cross of the Legion of Honor. In February 1871 he became an orderly officer of Naval Minister Vice Admiral Louis Pierre Alexis Pothuau and then in January 1873 commander of the D'Estaing stationed in Newfoundland , before he was commander of the Adonis stationed there in 1874 . In 1875 he was also a member of the Newfoundland Fisheries Commission. After his promotion to frigate captain (Capitaine de Frégate) he graduated from the Naval Defense School (École des défenses sous-marines) in Rochefort . He was then commander of the Hirondelle between 1878 and 1880 .

On July 10, 1882 Humann-Guilleminot was promoted to sea captain (Capitaine de Vaisseau) and seconded to the Clorinde belonging to the naval associations in Newfoundland . Then in 1883 he was in command of the battleship Richelieu belonging to the maneuver squadron and on January 1, 1886 chief of staff of the maneuver squadron, of which Rear Admiral Louis Lafont was in command . In 1887 he was again transferred to Newfoundland, where he was in command of the Clorinde and the Clochetterie , dealing with the diplomatic solution of numerous fishing conflicts. After his promotion to flotilla admiral (Contre-amiral) on November 12, 1889, he became a member of the working committee of the Navy and a member of the lighthouse commission. As such, he was also commander of the Legion of Honor on December 30, 1890 and then in 1892 commander of the naval units in the Far East .

Humann-Guilleminot was promoted to Rear Admiral (Vice-amiral) on February 3, 1894 and took over from Rear Admiral Alfred Albert Gervais on September 21, 1894 as Chief of the General Staff of the Navy (Chef d'état-major de la Marine) . He held this position until his replacement by Flotilla Admiral Charles Chauvin on November 10, 1895 and was also the head of the cabinet of the Navy Minister. In November 1896 he was commander of the reserve squadron in the Mediterranean and then in October 1897 commander of the squadron in the eastern Mediterranean and the Levant with the standard ship of the line Brennus as the flagship . He then became Inspector General of the Navy in October 1898 and, as such, on July 11, 1899 also a Grand Officer of the Legion of Honor. Most recently, he served as chairman of the naval working committee from 1901 until his retirement in May 1903.

His marriage to Isabelle de Bouthillier-Chavigny on April 27, 1883 resulted in six sons and two daughters.

Web links

• Entry on the homepage of the École navale
• Entry in geneanet.org