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JACQUES ANTOINE MANUEL (1775-1827)

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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 609 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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JACQUES

ANTOINE MANUEL (1775-1827)  , French politician and orator, was born on the loth of December 1775 . When seventeen years old he entered the army, which he
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left in 1797 to become a lawyer . In 1814 he was chosen a member of the chamber of representatives, and in 1815 he urged the claim of
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Napoleon's son to the French
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throne and protested against the restoration of the Bourbons . After this event he actively opposed the government, his eloquence making him the foremost orator among the members of the Left . In
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February 1823 his opposition to the proposed expedition into Spain to help Ferdinand VII. against his rebellious subjects produced a tumult in the Assembly . Manuel was expelled, but he refused to accept this sentence, and force was employed to remove him . He died on the 20th of August 1827 .

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