François de Chabaud-Latour

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
François de Chabaud-Latour

François-Henri-Ernest, Baron de Chabaud-Latour (born January 25, 1804 in Nîmes , † June 10, 1885 in Paris ) was a French général de division and statesman.

Life

François-Henri-Ernest, Baron de Chabaud-Latour, son of the French politician Antoine Georges François de Chabaud-Latour , attended the polytechnic school from 1818-20 , entered the genius corps, became captain in 1827, took part in the expedition to Algeria and worked on the fortifications of Paris. He then became an orderly officer of the Duke of Orléans , whom he accompanied to the siege of Antwerp in 1832 . In 1845 he was promoted to colonel, commanded the genius corps in Algeria in 1852 and became brigadier general in 1853 and général de division in 1857 . At the same time he was a member of the imperial teaching council and (as a Protestant) a member of the central council of the Reformed churches. During the siege of Paris (1870–1871) in the Franco-Prussian War , he served as commander of the Genie Corps in defense measures and received the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor in January 1871 .

Chabaud-Latour had participated in parliamentary life under the July Monarchy from 1837 to 1848 and consistently voted with the conservative party for government policy. Since then he has been considered an avid Orléanist. In the elections of February 8, 1871, he was elected to the National Assembly for the Gard department , took his seat in the center-right and was elected vice-president of the assembly several times. In 1873 he became a member of the court martial, which consisted of seven generals and had to judge at the trial of Marshal François-Achille Bazaine . On July 20, 1874 he was appointed Minister of the Interior in the new government crisis under the Mac-Mahon presidency in place of the resigned Oscar Bardi de Fourtou , but took his dismissal on March 10, 1875. Lifelong senator since November 1877 , he died on June 10, 1885 at the age of 81 in Paris and was buried in the Père Lachaise cemetery.

literature

Web links
personal data
SURNAME Chabaud-Latour, François de
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Chabaud-Latour, François-Henri-Ernest, Baron de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French general and statesman
DATE OF BIRTH January 25, 1804
PLACE OF BIRTH Nîmes
DATE OF DEATH June 10, 1885
Place of death Paris