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VICOMTE DE See also:JEAN See also:BAPTISTE SYLVERE See also:GAY See also:MARTIGNAC (1778-183z)
, See also:French statesman, was See also:born at See also:Bordeaux on the loth of See also:June 1778
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In 1798 he acted as secretary to Sieyes; then after serving for a while in the See also:army, he turned to literature, producing several See also:light plays
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Under the See also:Empire he practised with success as an See also:advocate at Bordeaux, where in 1818 he became advocate-See also:general of the tour royale
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In 1819 he was appointed procureur-general at See also:Limoges, and in 1821 was returned for See also:Marmande to the Chamber of Deputies, where he supported the policy of See also:Villele
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In 1822 he was appointed councillor of See also:state, in 1823 he accompanied the duc d'See also:Angouleme to See also:Spain as See also:civil See also:commissary; in 1824 he was created a See also:viscount and appointed director-general of See also:registration
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In contact with See also:practical politics his ultra-royalist views were gradually modified in the direction of the See also:Doctrinaires, and on the fall of Villele he was selected by See also: Martignac published Bordeaux au mois de See also:Mars 1815 (See also:Paris, 1830), and an Essai historique sur See also:les revolutions d'Espagne et l'interventson francaise de 1823 (Paris, 1832) . See also E . See also:Daudet, Le Ministere de M. de Martignac (Paris, 1875) . |
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