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JACQUES ANTOINE MANUEL (1775-1827)

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JACQUES

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MANUEL (1775-1827)  ,
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French politician and orator, was
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born on the loth of
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December 1775 . When seventeen years old he entered the
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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
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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
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Spain to help
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Ferdinand VII. against his rebellious subjects produced a tumult in the
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Assembly .
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Manuel was expelled, but he refused to accept this
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sentence, and force was employed to remove him . He died on the 20th of
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August 1827 .

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