See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

CHARLES FRANCCOIS See also:

• CHARLES FRANCCOIS LEBRUN
• LEBRUN, PIERRE ANTOINE (1785–1873)
• LEBRUN, PONCE DENIS ECOUCHARD (1729-1807)

LEBRUN  , duc de Plaisance (1739-1824), See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French statesman, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at St-Sauveur-Lendelin (See also:

• MANCHE

Manche) on the ,9th of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1739, and iii 1762 made his first See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance as a lawyer at See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris . He filled the posts successively of censeur royale (1766) and of inspector See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general of the domains of the See also:

• CROWN

crown (1768); he was also one of the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief advisers of the See also:

• CHANCELLOR (M. Eng. and Anglo-Fr. canceler, chanceler, Fr. chancelier, Lat. cancellarius)

chancellor See also:

• MAUPEOU, RENE NICOLAS CHARLES AUGUSTIN (1714-1792)

Maupeou, took See also:

• PART

part in his struggle against the parlements, and shared in his downfall in 1774 . He then devoted himself to literature, translating See also:

• TASSO, TORQUATO (1544-1595)

Tasso's Gerusalemme liberate; (1774), and the Iliad (1776) . At the outset of the Revolution he foresaw its importance, and in the Voix du citoyen, which he published in 1789, predicted the course which events would take . In the Constituent See also:

• ASSEMBLY, UNLAWFUL

Assembly, where he sat as See also:

• DEPUTY (through the Fr. from a Late Lat. use of deputare, to cut off, allot; putare having the original sense of to trim, prune)

deputy for Dourdan, he professed liberal views, and was the proposer of various See also:

• FINANCIAL

financial See also:

• LAWS

laws . He then became See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president of the See also:

• DIRECTORY

directory of See also:

• SEINE
• SEINE (Lat. Sequana)
• SEINE, or SEAN (O. Fr. seigne, mod. seine, Lat. sagena, Gr. vaytivrl, a draw-net)

Seine-et-See also:

• OISE

Oise, and in 1795 was elected as a deputy to the See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

Council of Ancients . After the coup d'etat of the 18th See also:

• BRUMAIRE

Brumaire in the See also:

• YEAR

year VIII . (9th See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1799), See also:

• LEBRUN, CHARLES FRANCCOIS
• LEBRUN, PIERRE ANTOINE (1785–1873)
• LEBRUN, PONCE DENIS ECOUCHARD (1729-1807)

Lebrun was made third See also:

• CONSUL
• CONSUL (in Gr. generally ihraros,ashortened form of errpavgybs 8hraeos, i.e. praetor maximus)

consul . In this capacity he took an active part in the reorganization of See also:

• FINANCE

finance and of the See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration of the departments of See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France . In 1804 he was appointed See also:

• ARCH
• ARCH, JOSEPH (1826– )

arch-treasurer of the See also:

• EMPIRE

empire, and in 8o5–18o6 as See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor-general of See also:

• LIGURIA

Liguria effected its See also:

• ANNEXATION (Lat. ad, to, and nexus, joining)

annexation to France . He opposed See also:

• NAPOLEON

Napoleon's restoration of the noblesse, and in 18o8 only reluctantly accepted the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of duc de Plaisance (See also:

• PIACENZA (Lat. Placentia)

Piacenza) . He was next employed in organizing the departments which were formed in See also:

• HOLLAND
• HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)
• HOLLAND, COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF
• HOLLAND, HENRY FOX, 1ST BARON (1705–1774)
• HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (1S9o-,649)
• HOLLAND, HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3RD
• HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881)
• HOLLAND, PHILEMON (1552-1637)
• HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)
• HOLLAND, SIR HENRY, BART

Holland, of which he was governor-general from 1811 to 1813 .

Although to a certain extent opposed to the despotism of the See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor, he was not in favour of his deposition, though he accepted the fait accompli of the Restoration in See also:

• APRIL

April 1814 . See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

Louis XVIII. made him a peer of France; but during the See also:

• HUNDRED

Hundred Days he accepted from Napoleon the See also:

• POST

post of See also:

• GRAND

Grand See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

Master of the university . On the return of the Bourbons in 1815 he was consequently suspended from the See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

House of Peers, but was recalled in 1819 . He died at St Mesmes (Seine-et-Oise) on the 16th of See also:

• JUNE

June 1824 . He had been made a member of the Academie See also:

• DES

des See also:

• INSCRIPTIONS (from Lat. inscribere, to write upon)

Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres in 1803 . See M. de Caumont la Force, L'Architresorier Lebrun (Paris, 1907) ; M . See also:

• MARIE

Marie du Mesnil, Memoire sur le See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

prince Le Brun, duc de Plaisance (Paris, 1828) ; Opinions, rapports et choix d'ecrits politiques de C . F . Lebrun (1829), edited, with a See also:

• BIOGRAPHICAL

biographical See also:

• NOTICE

notice, by his son See also:

• ANNE (1665-1714)
• ANNE (1693-1740)

Anne-See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles Lebrun .