I am adding the political structure for the League of Nations in 1906 (see the latest post) and I need a French member for the Admiralty. I have used Georges Leygeus but he is a politician rather than an Admiral. I have scoured the internet and my own history books but I am really struggling to find an influential senior French naval officer in the 1900-1914 period. An equivalent for Fisher or von Tirptiz. Any suggestions welcome.
Steve
Augustin Boué de Lapeyrère - admiral
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustin_B ... yr%C3%A8reClément Ader - Avation Inventor
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cl%C3%A9ment_AderÉmile Borel - Mathemetition, Naval Minister
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89mile_BorelRaymond Abescat - Army , one of last surviving WWI vets
Émile Henriot - scientest
Dominique-Marie Gauchet - Admiral WWI
Ferdinand Foch - "the most original and subtle mind in the French army"
Jean-Baptiste Eugène Estienne - Artillerist and engineer
Gabriel Auguste Ferdinand Ducuing - Naval officer, second cousin to F Foch
Bernard Delaire - WI naval officer, long surviving vet
François Darlan - Naval officer, admiral, vichy supportor
Jean Cras - Naval oficer, innovator, composer
Jean Colin - Army general, "one of the brilliant members of the French General Staff before 1914."
Noël Marie Joseph Édouard, Vicomte de Curières de Castelnau - army general, traditionalist
Philippe-Jean Bunau-Varilla - soldier and engineer, helped influence panama canal construction
Louis de Broglie - scientist, radio, nobel prize winner
Gustave Bertrand - military intelligence, helped crack enigma code
Robert Benoist - fighter pilot, instructor, race car driver
Gabriel Paul Auphan - Admiral
Jean-Marie Charles Abrial - Admiral and minister of marine
Georges Thierry d'Argenlieu - Minor naval officer and priest
Pierre Auguste Roque - pioneer in french avation
Lazare Ponticelli - Army, last surviving vet (born in italy)
Jean de Lattre de Tassigny - Cavalryman, head of the war college
more info
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?tit ... i%2C+Simon