English: French soldier and statesman Patrice de Mac-Mahon, duc de Magenta (1808 - 1893), circa 1890. Mac-Mahon, who was of Irish descent, was the first president of the Third Republic of France from 1875 to 1879.
French soldier and statesman Patrice de Mac-Mahon, duc de Magenta (1808 - 1893), circa 1890. Mac-Mahon, who was of Irish descent, was the first president of the Third Republic of France from 1875 to 1879. (Photo by Mathieu Deroche/Rischgitz/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)