Vincent Perdonnet
Vincent Perdonnet (born November 23, 1768 in Vevey , † May 4, 1850 in Lausanne , resident in Vevey) was a Swiss politician .
Perdonnet completed a banking apprenticeship at Bontemps & Mallet in Geneva and worked as a broker in Paris from 1792 . During the reign of terror he was imprisoned and later founded a trading house in Marseille and in 1799 became consul and commissioner for trade relations of the Helvetic Republic for Napoleon Bonaparte . Together with Frédéric-César de La Harpe , he played an important role in triggering the Vaudois Revolution. From 1798 to 1799 he sat in the administrative chamber of the canton of Léman . In 1828 he returned to Switzerland and from 1829 to 1831 was a liberal Grand Councilor for the constituency of Vevey in the newly created canton of Vaud . He was committed to the industrial boom in the canton and the implementation of new constitutional reforms. In 1817 he acquired the Mon-Repos mansion in the Center district in Lausanne .
literature
- F. Barbey: Notre grand-père et sa famille . 1908.
- P. Bissegger: Lausanne, Mon-Repos . 1981.
- P. Bissegger: Jardin anglais et collection botanique . 1994, p. 89-128 .
Web links
- Olivier Meuwly: Perdonnet, Vincent. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Perdonnet, Vincent |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 23, 1768 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vevey |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 4, 1850 |
| Place of death | Lausanne |