Jules de Cuverville
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Jules de Cuverville (French pronunciation: [ʒyl də kyvɛʁvil]; 28 July 1834 – 14 March 1912) was a French naval officer who rose to become Chief of Staff of the French Navy. He entered politics in later life, elected to the senate where between 1901 and 1912 he represented Finistère.[1]
Life
Jules Marie Armand de Cuverville was born at Allineuc, a small village a short distance inland from Saint-Brieuc in Brittany. His father was Louis-Paul de Cuverville who represented the locality on the monarchist benches in the National Assembly between 1849 and 1853. Louis-Paul's family was descended from the lords of the manor at Maucomble in Normandy, some of whom had been Squires to French kings. Other kinsmen included sailors and naval officers, such as his grandfather, the Rear Admiral Louis-Hyacinthe Cavelier de Cuverville.
Jules Marie attended school at
He became a vice-admiral in 1893, and then
Jules de Cuverville was elected to the senate on 31 March 1901 in a bye-election caused by the death of the previous incumbent, General Arsène Lambert, who had died. He was re-elected in the general election of 4 January 1903. He lost his seat to Maurice Fenoux by a narrow margin on 7 January 1912, however.[1]
Brittany, then as subsequently, was relatively conservative in religious terms, and during the summer of 1902 Jules de Cuverville was among those at
A friend and political ally of
Several months after losing his seat in the senate, Jules de Cuverville was crushed by a truck driver while crossing the street in Paris. He survived long enough to be taken to his home at 15, rue Dugay-Trouin, but died a few hours later.[4]
References
- ^ a b c d e Extrait du « Dictionnaire des Parlementaires français », Jean Jolly (1960/1977). "de Cuverville Jules, Ancien sénateur de la IIIe République". Connaître le Sénat ... Ancien sénateur du Finistère. le Sénat, Palais du Luxembourg, Paris. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ Henri Moreau (compiler); Albert Willm (1868-1944) Le Journal du Dimanche du 24 août 1902. "Le Folgoët en 1902 vu par "Le Journal du Dimanche"". Ville de Brest. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
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: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "Action Libérale Populaire (ALP)". Laurent de Boissieu, (France Politique). Retrieved 6 March 2017.
- ^ "La Noë-Sèche. Une volonté d'ouverture". Groupe Télégramme. 18 September 2015. Retrieved 6 March 2017.