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See also: born about 1772
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He received the name Beauregard from a nobleman in whose service he was engaged as See also: valet
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On the outbreak of the revolution, this nobleman converted all his See also: fortune into gold, and entrusting the bag containing the See also: cash to his valet, fled to the frontier
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For security's See also: sake master and See also: man took different roads, but Beauregard turned back with the See also: money to See also: Paris
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By speculations in provisions and military equipments under
the Directorate he amassed a considerable fortune, and styling himself the See also: marquis de Beauregard, See also: purchased a splendid mansion and began giving magnificent entertainments
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Detected at the height of his success, the impostor was arrested and condemned to four years in irons and to be branded
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He soon escaped from prison, and had the audacity to reappear in Paris and start his old See also: life afresh
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After a See also: short See also: time, however, he disappeared again, and is supposed to have committed suicide
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It is probable that most of the information available about him is a blend of fact and fiction
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