Jean Victor Mottez

Jean Victor Mottez (31 October 1866 in Paris – 7 December 1942 in Saint Gervais D'Auvergne) was a French naval officer.

Life

He was born in Paris 31 October 1866 to Victor Mottez and Madeleine Joséphine Bonassier.^[1] He entered the French Naval Academy in 1884. He married 14 June 1899 to Jeanne Louise Dupr, with whom he had three children.^[2] Jean Mottez died in Saint Gervais d'Auvergne 7 December 1942.^[3]

Family

1. His father, Victor Mottez, French fresco painter and portraitist, born in Lille.
2. His step-brother, Henri-Paul Mottez (1855–1937), who was a French portrait painter and artist.
3. His wife, Jeanne Louise Dupr, married in 1899, Lorient.
4. First child (son), Yves Mottez 1900-1987.
5. Second child (son), Louis Victor Henri Mottez 1901-1976.
6. Third child (daughter), Suzanne Marie Gabrielle Mottez 1903-Unknown.

Naval career^[4]

He entered the French Naval Academy in 1884.

• Aspirant, 5 October 1887, Officer Cadet
• Ensign, 26 November 1889, Port Cherbourg
  • 1 January 1892, on the battleship Admiral-Baudin Wing western Mediterranean and Levant (Cdt. Marchal).
  • 1 January 1894, Port Cherbourg
  • 1 January 1896 for instruction in the School of Naval Fusiliers in Lorient.
• Lieutenant, 27 October 1896, Fusilier commission officer
  • 1 January 1897, on battleship coastguard Jemmapes, North wing (Cdt. Henri Manceron).
  • 1 July 1898, responsibility for the shooting school at the School of Naval Fusiliers in Lorient.
  • 1 January 1900, Borda Naval Academy, Port Brest
  • 1 January 1902, on the battleship Bruix North Wing (Cdt. Jules le Pord).
  • 6 March 1903, commander of the shooting school at the School of Naval Fusiliers in Lorient.
  • 1 January 1908, on the cruiser-battleship Pothaua, School of Application Naval Fusiliers (Cdt. Pierre Le Bris).
  • 18 May 1908, Commander of the torpedo boat Oriflamme.^[5]
  • 25 April 1910, 4th Section of the General Staff, Paris
• Commander, 13 February 1911
  • 1 January 1912, on the battleship 'Voltaire', first aide de camp to the Vice-Admiral Augustin Boué de Lapeyrère, Commander 1st Naval Force.
  • Awarded Officer of the Legion of Honor 27 February 1913.
  • 1 January 1914, Commander of the destroyer 'Commandant Riverére'. Mentioned in dispatched from the Naval Fusiliers 1915: 'Commander of the 6th Squadron torpedo boat participated in more than ten refueling operations in Montenegro during which he assured an effective way of protecting minesweepers and convoys. Showed a lot of decision making and composure in the maneuvers he ordered to his squadron, especially on 1 November 1914 when his squadron was attacked for more than half an hour by three planes'. Awarded the Crois de Guerre.
• Captain, 11 April 1916
  • 1 January 1917, Port Cherbourg
• Commodore, 13 October 1920
  • 1 January 1921, Deputy Chief of General Staff of the Navy, Paris
  • Awarded Commander of the Legion of Honor, 10 July 1921
  • 1 January 1932, under reserve

Honours

• Knight of the Legion of Honor (1901)
• Officer of the Legion of Honor (1913)
• Croix de Guerre (1915)
• Commander of the Legion of Honor (1921)

Portraits

• Portrait of contre-amiral Jean Mottez (1866–1942) Oil on Canvass. Painting signed Henri Mottez, dated 1837.
• In the Studio of the Artist, Oil on Canvas. Depicting his father Victor Mottez, together with his brother Jean Mottez and himself. Painting signed Henri Mottez, circa 1890-95.^[6]

References

1. "Geneanet, Jean Victor, Pascal Fauchille". Geneanet.
2. "Geneanet, Jean Victor, Pierfit".
3. "Thierry Prouvost".
4. "Officers and alumni". Gilles Jogerst.
5. "ORIFLAMME - Contre-torpilleur".
6. "In the Studio of the Artist, Henri Mottez.". Christie's Images Ltd.

External links

• (French) Mottez family history by one of his descendents
• French Navy