Antoine Omer Talon

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Antoine Omer Talon
Portrait of Antoine-Omer Talon, marquis of Boulay and Tremblay-le-Vicomte, by Antoine Vestier.
Born20 January 1760 Edit this on Wikidata
Paris Edit this on Wikidata
Died18 August 1811 Edit this on Wikidata (aged 51)
Gretz-Armainvilliers Edit this on Wikidata
OccupationPolitician Edit this on Wikidata
ChildrenZoé Talon du Cayla, Denys-Omer Talon Edit this on Wikidata

Antoine Omer Talon (20 January 1760 in Paris–18 August 1811 in Gretz) was a French counter-revolutionary.

He was born in Paris on 20 January 1760, he was the father of Jean-Baptiste, seigneur of Boullay Thierry. He married Jeanne-Agnès-Gabrielle, countess of Pestre, from a rich family of nobles that originated from Belgium. He had two children, Denis-Mathieu-Claire (born on 20 November 1783 in Paris) and Zoé-Victoire (born 2 August 1785) in Boullay-Thierry. He later attended the French Parliament on July 1, 1781.

Talon along with Talleyrand fled to the

Philadelphia. He took part in the founding of a colony named French Azilum
. He later returned to France and took part in the Directory and consulate of the First French Empire. He died in Gretz in 1811.

See also

Bibliography

  • Jean Arrigon, Omer Talon, La Revue des Deux Mondes, 1952.
  • Jules Michelet, History of the French Revolution, 1847-1850 (Histoire de la Révolution française, 1847-1850), Gallimard, 2007, 4 volumes