Claude Guillaume Lambert
Claude Guillaume Lambert , Baron von Chamerolles, Count of Auverse (born August 9, 1726 in Paris (parish of Saint-André-des-Arcs); died June 27, 1794 in Paris) was a French judge and minister.
biography
The son of Claude Guillaume Lambert (1694–1774), advisor to the Grand Council, and Catherine Thérèse Pattu (1698–1774) studied at the college in Beauvais before he was appointed councilor in the Paris Parliament on August 21, 1748. There he was responsible for processing petitions. In 1778 he became a State Councilor .
As in the years 1787 and 1788, he became Minister of Finance on September 4, 1790 and held this office until December 4, 1790.
He was arrested on July 12, 1793 in Lyon, where he had withdrawn from the turmoil of the revolution. He is accused of corruption, but acquitted by the Revolutionary Tribunal of the Rhône department . On November 22nd, 1793, he was arrested again in Cahors and transferred to Paris to be tried by the Revolutionary Tribunal there. He was convicted, along with twenty-one other defendants, of conspiracy against the freedom and sovereignty of the French people and died under the guillotine on June 27, 1794. His body is buried on the Cimetière de Picpus .
family
He married Marie Madeleine Beyssier de Pizany († 1772) on September 1, 1756 and then Anne Henriette Guignace von Villeneuve († 1783) on May 4, 1774. He had six children from his two marriages, including Prefect Paul Augustin Chamerolles (1764-1817).
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Jacques Necker | Minister of Finance September 4, 1790 - December 4, 1790 |
Claude de Lessart |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lambert, Claude Guillaume |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French judge and minister |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 9, 1726 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris (commune of Saint-André-des-Arcs) |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 27, 1794 |
| Place of death | Paris (commune of Saint-André-des-Arcs) |