Philippe François Marie, comte de Hauteclocque, then Leclerc de Hauteclocque, by a 1945 decree that incorporated his French Resistance alias Jacques-Philippe Leclerc to his name, (22 November 1902 – 28 November 1947), was a French general during World War II; he became Marshal of France posthumously, in 1952.
He is known in France simply as le maréchal Leclerc.
In military circles, he is simply, Leclerc.
Terror belli, decus pacis
ReplyDeleteJourdan, this post started me tromping around in Wikipedia (again), and I ran across this: the Court of Chivalry
ReplyDeleteThe court was last convened in 1954 for Manchester Corporation v Manchester Palace of Varieties Ltd [1955] 1 All ER 387... The court ruled in favour of the City (the Corporation). This was the first time that the Court of Chivalry had sat for approximately two centuries, since 1732. The opening part of the judgement involved an analysis leading to the determination that the Court of Chivalry still existed.
I wonder what other dormant organs of the old regime might be "determined to exist"... hm?