COUNT

See also:

• ANTOINE, ANDRE (1858- )

ANTOINE

See also:

• COUNT ANTOINE FRANCAIS (1756-1836)

FRANCAIS (1756-1836)  , better known as FRANcAIS OF NANTES, French politician and author, was born at Beaurepaire, in the department of Isere . In 1791 he was elected to the legislative assembly by the department of Loire Inferieure, and was noted for his violent attacks upon the farmers general, the pope and the priests; but he was not re-elected to the Convention . During the Terror, as he had belonged to the Girondin party, he was obliged to seek safety in the mountains . In 1798 he was elected to the council of Five Hundred by the department of Isere, and became one of' its secretaries; and in the following year he voted against the Directory . He took office under the consulate as prefect of Charente Inferieure, rose to be a member of the council of state, and in 1804 obtained the important post of director-general of the indirect taxes (droits reunis) . The value of his services was recognized by the titles of count of the empire and grand officer of the Legion of Honour . - - _~ _ _ = =- _ — riG i r=rz 1 t Li 1 A I author of The Modern Cook (1845), which has since been frequently republished; of a Plain Cookery Book for the Working Classes (1861), and of The Royal English and Foreign Confectionery Book (1862) . Francatelli died at Eastbourne on the loth of August 1876 .