Jean Victor Mottez

Life

Family

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

   Naval career

• 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.
• * 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.
• * 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.
• * 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.
• * 18 May 1908, Commander of the torpedo boat Oriflamme.
• * 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
• Officer of the Legion of Honor
• Croix de Guerre
• Commander of the Legion of Honor

  Portraits

• Portrait of contre-amiral Jean Mottez 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.