Pierre-Maurice Glayre
Pierre-Maurice Glayre (born July 25, 1743 in Romainmôtier , † March 26, 1819 in Lausanne ) was a Swiss politician and diplomat. In the Helvetic Republic, Glayre was an advocate of the unified Swiss state (Unitarians).
Life
Glayre studied law in Lausanne at the academy. In 1764 he accepted the position as private secretary and advisor to the Polish King Stanislaus II August Poniatowski . On his behalf, diplomatic missions took him to the European courts in St. Petersburg, Vienna, Berlin and Paris. In 1771 Glayre was granted Polish citizenship.
In 1787 he returned to Vaud , but in 1788 he took on a diplomatic mission in Paris on behalf of the Polish king. Glayre sympathized with the Vaudois patriots who were directed against the foreign rule of Bern . In 1797 he proposed to the Lausanne council that the Vaud estates convene, which in Bern's eyes was a revolutionary act. In 1798 Glayre was appointed President of the Provisional Assembly of Vaud. After the French intervention in the Old Confederation, he took over a number of political offices in the newly created bodies of the Helvetic Republic . He was prefect of the canton of Léman and member of the Swiss board of directors. Glayre was considered an advocate of the unitary state (Unitarians). From January 10, 1799 until his health-related resignation in May of the same year, he was President of the Board of Directors.
In July 1799, Glayre was sent to Paris in order to obtain French guarantees for the neutrality of the Helvetic Republic in the Second Coalition War in vain . After the first coup, Glayre repeatedly held offices in the executive bodies of the Helvetic Republic: in January 1800 he became a member of the Executive Committee and, after the second coup, of the 1st Executive Council. After the plug- in liqueur war in the autumn of 1802, he withdrew from national politics and only worked on the level of the newly created canton of Vaud through the act of mediation . He was a member of the commission that dealt with the organization and founding of the canton, 1803–1813 member of the Vaudois Grand Council. Glayre died in Lausanne in 1819.
Glayre was a Freemason that he likely joined during his time in Poland. In 1810 he was Grand Master of the Grand Orient national helvétique romand lodge .
His only daughter Susanne Glayre (1788–1876) married Charles-Antoine de Lerber (1784–1837) in 1809. Pierre-Maurice Glayre was a citizen of Lausanne , Romainmôtier and Arnex-sur-Orbe , where he bought Arnex Castle in 1788 .
A brief autobiography in the form of three letters to Heinrich Zschokke , in which Glayre reports on his life up to 1804, is in the Aargau State Archives in Aarau.
Web links
- Anne Hofmann: Glayre, Pierre-Maurice. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Glayre, Pierre-Maurice |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 25, 1743 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Romainmôtier |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 26, 1819 |
| Place of death | Lausanne |