Alexandre Méchin
Alexandre Méchin | |
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| Born | March 18, 1772 |
| Died | September 20, 1849 (aged 77) |
| Nationality | French |
| Occupation(s) | Politician, Deputy, Councillor of state, Prefect |
Alexandre Edme, baron Méchin is a senior French official and politician born in Paris on March 18, 1772, and died in Paris on September 20, 1849.
Biography
Son of a clerk at the Ministry of War, Alexandre Méchin was a partisan of the
In July 1798, he was sent to Malta to replace Michel Regnaud de Saint-Jean d'Angély as commissioner of the Executive Directory. But, as he joined this post, together with his wife Mme Raoulx, who had the reputation of being one of the most beautiful people of his time, he was arrested in Viterbo during 'riot. He left a Precise of my trip and my mission to Italy in the years 1798 and 1799 and account of the events which took place in Viterbo from the November 27, 1798 until the December 28 next (1808).[1] In 2009, a handwritten copy of these memoirs was found in Viterbo, with the collector of Maria Teresa Anselmi. The manuscript, written in Italian by Méchin himself, has been republished.[2] He also made a translation of Juvenal's Satires into French verse (1817).[3]
Returning to France, he was successively prefect of Landes (year VIII), of Roër (year X), of Aisne (year XIII), of Calvados (1810). On December 31, 1809, he was created Empire baron. He was revoked during the first Restoration in 1814, and, according to Laurent Esnault (Mémoires sur Caen, year 1814), "was not regretted; since the grain insurrection he was generally hated".
He was appointed prefect of Ille-et-Vilaine during Hundred Days on April 6, 1815, before being again revoked after Waterloo.
In 1816, he opened a banking house, then was elected liberal deputy by the great college of
Brilliant orator, he was one of the most virulent opponents to the governments of the Restoration, and particularly to the ministry
After having voted the
He was then appointed prefect of the North and submitted, for this reason, to re-election on 20 December 1830, he saw his mandate confirmed.[9] He did not stand for re-election in 1831 and was appointed Councilor of State. He was retired on May 12, 1840.
He gave a verse translation of "Satires" by Juvenal (1827).
References
Notes
- ^ Full text on the Gallica database
- ^ Éditions Archeoares - title Memorie. La resistenza viterbese nel biennio repubblicano (1798-1799), edited by Fernando Funari Edizioni Archeoares Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Jules Lacroix, Satires de Juvenal et de Perse: translated into French verse, 1846, introduction, p xiii online
- ^ 573 votes out of 1089 voters and 1495 registered
- ^ 208 votes out of 404 voters and 443 registered against 193 for Mr. of Nicolaï.
- ^ 195 votes out of 295 voters and 343 registered against 73 for M. Morel, president of the court, and 18 for the count of Labédoyère
- ^ quoted by Guy Antonetti, Louis-Philippe, p. 551
- ^ 251 votes out of 344 voters and 388 registered against 68 for the count of Chamisso
- ^ 268 votes out of 342 voters
Sources
- Guy Antonetti, Louis-Philippe, Paris, Librairie Arthème Fayard, 2002 ISBN 2-213-59222-5
- "Alexandre Méchin", in Adolphe Robert and Gaston Cougny, Dictionnaire des parlementaires français (1789-1891), Bourloton, Paris, 1889 Edition details Wikisource
- Fernando Funari (a cura di), Alexandre-Edme Mèchin. Memorie: il romanzo della resistenza viterbese nel biennio giacobino 1798-1799, Terni-Viterbe, Edizioni Archeoares Archived 2015-04-16 at the ISBN 978-88-96889-32-9
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