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JACQUES See also:ANTOINE See also:MANUEL (1775-1827)
, See also:French politician and orator, was See also:born on the loth of See also:December 1775
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When seventeen years old he entered the See also:army, which he See also:left in 1797 to become a lawyer
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In 1814 he was chosen a member of the chamber of representatives, and in 1815 he urged the claim of See also:Napoleon's son to the French See also:throne and protested against the restoration of the Bourbons
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After this event he actively opposed the See also:government, his eloquence making him the foremost orator among the members of the Left
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In See also:February 1823 his opposition to the proposed expedition into See also:Spain to help See also: |
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