Jacques Claude Beugnot
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Jacques Claude,
Auguste Arthur Beugnot
was an historian and scholar.
Biography
Revolution
Born at
Girondist, he was proscribed along with the Girondists after François Hanriot's intervention and the trial of October 1793, and was imprisoned in the Conciergerie until the Thermidorian Reaction
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Napoleon
He next entered into relations with the family of
Conseil d'État, and finance minister to Jérôme Bonaparte, King of Westphalia, during the First French Empire. [3]
In 1808 Beugnot, who had meanwhile been appointed administrator of the
Nord.[3]
Bourbons
In 1814, he was a member of the provisional government as
Naval Minister. He followed Louis to Ghent during the Hundred Days, became one of his confidants, and contributed to draw up Louis's Charter. He claimed (in his Mémoires) to have also furnished the text of the proclamation addressed by the king to the French people before his return to France - but it is known now that it was another text that was adopted.[3]
After the full
Louis-Philippe after the July Revolution, becoming and director-general of manufactures and commerce.[3]
References
- ^ Biographie des ministres Français: depuis juillet 1789 jusqu'à ce jour (in French). H. Tarlier. 1826.
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- ^ a b c d Chisholm 1911.
- ^ "Notice biographique Jacques-Claude Beugnot". sfhp.fr. Retrieved 2018-08-06.
- Attribution
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Beugnot, Jacques Claude". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 3 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
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