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Georges de Mauduit


Born
in Villeblevin, France
July 28, 1893

Died
February 02, 1945


Georges de Mauduit de Kervern was known as the Vicomte de Mauduit. General de Mauduit, his great-grandfather, went to St Helena with Napoleon; his father, Comte de Mauduit, was a cavalry officer and Chief of Staff; his mother, a great beauty, died when Georges, who had three younger sisters, was only 14. After his father remarried Georges went to school in England and then travelled widely - the subtitle of the autobiographical Private Views (1932) is "reminiscences of a wandering nobleman".

He was an aviator in WWI and worked on irrigation projects in Egypt. He made his home in England, France and America and had numerous well-connected friends in many countries; he was married (briefly) twice. He wrote four cookery books, They Can't Ratio ...more

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