Charles François Lebrun
Charles François Lebrun , 1739-1824, French statesman. A moderate member of the Constituent Assembly after the start of the French Revolution, he was imprisoned during the Reign of Terror. Following the coup of Napoleon Bonaparte (Nov., 1799), Lebrun served as third consul. In 1804 when Napoleon became emperor he made Lebrun arch-treasurer of the empire, and later duke of Piacenza. In 1810 he was appointed governor of Holland. Made (1814) a peer by King Louis XVIII, he supported Napoleon during the Hundred Days and was excluded from the house of peers from 1815 to 1819.
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Anniversaries
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 11/21/1994; 580 words
; ...ethnologist and lawyer, 1818; James Clarke Hook, painter, 1819...geographer and cartographer, 1825; James Hogg (the "Ettrick Shepherd...I, Emperor of Austria, 1916; James Barry Munnik Hertzog, statesman, 1942; Dominic Bevan...
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James Barry Munnik Hertzog
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
James Barry Munnik Hertzog James Barry Munnik Hertzog (1866-1942) was a South African soldier and political leader. His government isolated Africans from the political process and laid the groundwork for the separatist apartheid system, which...
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Hertzog, James Barry Munnik
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
Hertzog, James Barry Munnik (1866–1942) South African statesman, prime minister...x2013;12) of the first Union government under Louis Botha , Hertzog founded the opposition National Party in 1914. He led two coalition...
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