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BARON See also: born at See also: Toul (Meurthe) on the 13th of See also: November 1755
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At the outbreak of the Revolution the See also: abbe See also: Louis (he had early taken orders) had already some reputation as a
See also: financial expert
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He was in favour of the constitutional See also: movement, and on the See also: great festival of federation (See also: July 14, 1790) he assisted Talleyrand, then See also: bishop of See also: Autun, to celebrate mass at the altar erected in the Champ de See also: Mars
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In 1792, however, he emigrated to See also: England, where he spent his See also: time studying See also: English institutions and especially the financial See also: system of Pitt
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Returning to See also: France on the establishment of the Consulate he served successively in the See also: ministry of war, the council of See also: state, and in the See also: finance department in See also: Holland and in
See also: Paris
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Made a baron of the See also: empire in 1809 he nevertheless supported the Bourbon restoration and was See also: minister of finance in 1814–1815
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Baron Louis was deputy from 1815 to 1824 and from 1827 to 1832
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He resumed the portfolio of finance in 1815, which he held also in the See also: Decazes ministry of 1818; he was the first minister of finance under the See also: government of Louis Philippe, and held the same portfolio in 1831–1832
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In 1832 he was made a peer of France and he died on the 26th of See also: August 1837
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