Henry Greffulhe

French heir, socialite and politician

Count Henry Jules Charles Emmanuel Greffulhe (25 December 1848 – 31 March 1932) was a French heir, socialite and politician.^[1] He was the son of Louis-Charles Greffuhle and his wife, Félicité-Pauline-Marie de la Rochefoucauld d'Estissac.

He was a personal friend of author Marcel Proust.^[2] He has been pointed out as one of the main inspirations for the character of the duc de Guermantes in Proust’s novel, À la recherche du temps perdu.^[3]

References

1. "Henry Greffulhe (1848-1932)". Archives Departementales de Seine-et-Marne. Retrieved April 9, 2016.
2. "GREFFULHE PAPIERS DE LA FAMILLE" (PDF). Archives Nationales du Monde du Travail. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
3. Laure Hillerin, La comtesse Greffulhe, l'Ombre des Guermantes Archived 2014-10-19 at the Wayback Machine, Paris, Flammarion, 2014 ( Part V, La chambre noire des Guermantes, p. 345-455.

External links

• Media related to Henry Greffulhe at Wikimedia Commons