Vicomte de SAINT-PRIEST (Emmanuel Louis Marie GUIGNARD), Gen - Lot 317

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Vicomte de SAINT-PRIEST (Emmanuel Louis Marie GUIGNARD), Gen - Lot 317
Vicomte de SAINT-PRIEST (Emmanuel Louis Marie GUIGNARD), General and Ambassador. He was one of the leaders of the legitimist party. (1789 – 1881). Letter A.S. "Le Vicomte de ST PRIEST. Paris 5 May 1821. 1p in-4°. "It is with deep gratitude, Monsieur le Comte, that I have read and reread the eulogy I owe you, of a father whose memory will always be so dear to me and whose virtues could not find a more worthy interpreter. It is to those who have followed the same career, who have been guided by the same feelings, that it belongs to praise courage, honour and fidelity and when the heart of a son sees only justice, he does not appreciate less the eloquence and the talent which know how to exist the interest of all, for the one he regrets... " - (His father François Emmanuel de GUIGNARD Count of ST PRIEST, Minister and Ambassador died in Lyon on February 26, 1821)
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