Plater

Overview

A count Plater moves in the Gavini circle in Paris in 1882–83. The surname is that of a Polish-Lithuanian noble family (en.wikipedia «Plater family»); which member this is, and his first name, are not given. Mon Journal t.14 index: «Plater (comte) : 274»; t.15: «Plater (comte) : 135, 178».

Relevance to Marie

• 13 January 1882: at the Gavini evening Mme Gavini «a fini par danser, parole d'honneur et même valser avec le comte Plater» (094.0159).
• 13 December 1882, at the Opéra: «le comte Plater et le comte de Solms assis derrière moi semblaient de proches parents de Lucien Chardon», Balzac's provincial adventurer, meaning handsome and ambitious young men on the make (097.0235, with footnote). The comte de Solms may be the man of SALMS.
• 19 December 1882: at the Théâtre-Français in the Gavinis' Rothschild box she finds «les Gavini naturellement, Randouin, Plater, Montgomery, Géry» (097.0268).
• 2 February 1883: with Mmes Randouin and Engelhardt and others he comes after dinner to «le petit coin sous le palmier» in the Bashkirtseff salon (098.0267).

References in Diary

• 1882-01-13 (094.0159); 1882-12-13 (097.0235); 1882-12-19 (097.0268); 1883-02-02 (098.0267)

Sources

Diary as quoted; Mon Journal t.14–15 indexes; en.wikipedia «Plater family» (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plater_family) for the surname only.