François Alexandre Frédéric de La Rochefoucauld, 7th Duke of La Rochefoucauld
François Alexandre Frédéric de La Rochefoucauld | |
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| 7th Duke of La Rochefoucauld | |
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| Tenure | 1792-1827 |
| Other names | Duke of Liancourt; Duke of Estissac |
| Known for | social reform; vaccination |
| Born | 11 January 1747 La Roche Guyon |
| Died | 27 March 1827 (aged 80) |
| Nationality | French |
François Alexandre Frédéric de La Rochefoucauld, 7th
Early life
He was born at
Known as the duc de Liancourt in infancy, he became an officer of
French Revolution
Frédéric de Liancourt was elected to the
On 14 July, following the
On 18 July, he became president of the National Constituent Assembly. Established in command of a military division in Normandy, he offered Louis a refuge in Rouen, and, failing in this effort, assisted him with a large sum of money.
Exile
After the
He left England in 1794, and travelled to the United States. In 1795, he and five associates began a tour which covered much of the northern United States and Upper Canada. They crossed the Niagara River to Fort Erie and also saw Fort Chippawa. From there they travelled to Newark, Canada where they were entertained by Lieutenant Governor John Graves Simcoe. [4] Their trip was cut short when they were prohibited from entering Lower Canada. Insulted, François Alexandre Frédéric returned to the US and, in 1799, his exile ended, he returned to France.
Return to France
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On his return to Paris, he was treated with dignity, but distantly by
The 19 member jury for the 5th Exposition des produits de l'industrie française was chosen in May 1819, with the Duc de la Rochefoucauld as president and Jean-Antoine Chaptal as vice-president and rapporteur. Chaptal had arranged the 2nd and 3rd expositions, and again played a leading role. The 5th exposition opened on 25 August 1819 in the great halls of the Louvre palace.[5]
Rochefoucauld was one of the first promoters of vaccination in France; he established a dispensary in Paris, and he was an active member of the central boards of administration for hospitals, prisons and agriculture. His opposition to the government in the House of Peers led to his removal in 1823 from the honorary positions he held, while the vaccination committee, of which he was president, was suppressed. The academies of science and of medicine admitted him to their membership by way of protest. Official hostility pursued him even after his death, for the old pupils of his school were charged by the military at his funeral.
Works
His works, chiefly on economic questions, include books on the English system of taxation, poor-relief and education.
Family
His eldest son,
The second,
The third son,
Footnotes
- ^ Goyau 1910.
- ^ The Journals and Letters of Fanny Burney (Madame D'Arblay). Volume 1, 1791-1792. Edited by Joyce Hemlow, et al. London: Oxford University Press, 1972, pp. 231-48.
- ^ a b c d Chisholm 1911.
- ^ Webster 1987.
- ^ Colmont, Achille de (1855), Histoire des Expositions des produits de l'Industrie Française (in French), Guillaumin, p. 44, retrieved 2017-10-11
Additional references consulted
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "La Rochefoucauld-Liancourt, François Alexandre Frédéric, Duc de". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 16 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
- Goyau, Pierre-Louis-Théophile-Georges (1910). . In Herbermann, Charles (ed.). Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 9. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
- Webster, T. S. (1987). "LA ROCHEFOUCAULD, FRANÇOIS-ALEXANDRE-FRÉDÉRIC DE, Duc de LA ROCHEFOUCAULD-LIANCOURT, Duc d'ESTISSAC". Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online.
Further reading
- François Furstenberg, When the United States Spoke French: Five Refugees Who Shaped a Nation. New York: Penguin, 2014.
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