PASSE-PORT ARMEES du ROI ( LOUIS XVIII ) - PREMIERE RESTAURA - Lot 680

PASSE-PORT ARMEES du ROI ( LOUIS XVIII ) - PREMIERE RESTAURATION - IN THE NAME OF HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF FRANCE, we MARECHAL des CAMPS et ARMEES du ROI, chevalier de plusieurs ordres, chef de l'État Major du Ministre de la Guerre ; Prions les officiers civils et militaires des pays amis et alliés de sa majesté très chrétienne, gouverneurs de provinces, généraux ou commandants des troupes de laisser librement passer Me HYDE de NEUVILLE ( * ) colonel au service de sa majesté très chrétienne ALLANT A LONDRES en MISSION... Issued in Ghent on March 8, 1815 - autograph signature in pen of LE COMTE de ROCHECHOUART ( ** ), + seal crowned shield of France "Ministre de la Guerre" - in margin passport number (294) + mention "valable 3 mois" + autograph signature in pen of bearer G. HYDE de NEUVILLE. ( * ) Jean Guillaume Hyde de Neuville - agent to the Count of Artois, Louis XVIII entrusted him with several missions in England, Turin and Florence. - Born 1776 in La Charité sur Loire, died in Paris 1857. ( ** ) - Louis Victor Léon de ROCHECHOUART, born in Paris in 1788, died in Jumilhac le Grand in 1858 - A life rich in events due to the period. Future French general and military governor of Paris - At age 11, joined the emigré regiments, returned to the Imperial Russian Army in 1804, fought against Empire troops, and helped create a royalist party. Participates with the allies in the French campaign, incorporated by Louis XVIII into the Black Musketeers and becomes chief of staff to the Minister of War. On back visa "8 may 1815" handwritten signed with red wax seal of the British embassy in Ghent (gent) + stamp and handwritten text signed "vu" by the commander of the Ostend square. 32 x 20 cm - on H. RENOZ watermarked paper. all minor time and use defects.