Honoré Muraire

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Portrait of Muraires (woodcut by Joseph Eymar)

Honoré Muraire (born November 5, 1750 in Draguignan , Département Var , † November 20, 1837 in Paris ) was a French lawyer and politician .

Live and act

Muraire was a son of the lawyer Augustin Muraire and his wife Madeleine Castillon. After successfully completing his law degree, Muraire became a lawyer in his hometown. He was politically interested and in 1785 he was elected mayor of Draguignan. As such, he represented the interests of his city at the État de Provence in 1785 and 1786 . Right at the beginning of the French Revolution , Muraire was entrusted with the Cahiers de Doléances . In 1790 he went to Paris to present his hometown to the National Assembly .

In the capital, Muraire became acquainted with Freemasonry and became one himself. With effect from September 8, 1791, Muraire was elected to the National Legislative Assembly and between May 13 and 27, 1792 he was president.

Even after the fall of the monarchy in the summer of 1792, Muraire stood for King Louis XVI. a. He presented himself u. a. against Louis Pierre Manuel and Jérôme Pétion de Villeneuve and after the protests of July 20 of the same year, he defended the loyal General Marie-Joseph Motier, Marquis de La Fayette .

As Muraire insisted on his position, he lost his influence and was no longer elected in September of that year. A committee of inquiry during the reign of terror had him imprisoned in the Prison Sainte-Pélagie . Only when the political climate changed with the Thermidorians he was released again.

In September 1795 Muraire was elected to the Conseil des Ancines at the request of the Board of Directors . As a member of this council, he repeatedly campaigned for emigrants and made himself very suspicious. When he was supposed to be deported to the Îles du Salut ( French Guiana ), he was able to escape and hide on the Île d'Oléron . He stayed in exile of his own choosing for more than two years.

It was only with a decree of the First Consul Napoleon Bonaparte of December 25, 1799, that Muraire was assured of impunity and allowed to return to Paris. Joseph Bonaparte is very committed to him, so that Muraire was appointed special investigator at the Court of Cassation immediately after his return .

After the Battle of Leipzig (October 16/1, 1813) and the Treaty of Fontainebleau (April 11, 1814), Muraire turned back to the Bourbons and supported King Louis XVIII. Immediately after Napoleon left the island of Elba , Muraire switched to Elba and supported him during his rule of the Hundred Days .

After the Battle of Waterloo (June 18, 1815) Muraire gave up all his offices and retired into private life. He died on November 20, 1837 in Paris, where he found his final resting place.

Honors

literature

  • Louis G. Michaud: Biography universelle ancien et modern, Vol. 29: Mon – Mys . ADEVA, Graz 1968 (reprint of the Paris 1868 edition)
personal data
SURNAME Muraire, Honoré
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French lawyer and politician
DATE OF BIRTH November 5, 1750
PLACE OF BIRTH Draguignan , Var
DATE OF DEATH November 20, 1837
Place of death Paris