See also:

• COMTE, AUGUSTE [ISIDORE AUGUSTE MARIE FRANCOIS XAVIER] (1798-1857)

COMTE DE ARMAND MARC MONTMORIN DE See also:

• SAINT (lat. sanctus, " holy ")

SAINT HEREM (1745-1792)  , See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French statesman, belonged to a See also:

• CADET (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. capitettum, a diminutive of caput, head, through the Provencal form capdet)

cadet See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch of a See also:

• NOBLE, SIR ANDREW (1832- )

noble See also:

• FAMILY

family of See also:

• AUVERGNE

Auvergne . He was See also:

• GENTLEMAN (from Lat. gentilis, " belonging to a race or gens," and " man "; Fr. gentilhomme, Span. gentil hombre, Ital. gentil huomo, in its original and strict signification, a term denoting a man of good family, the Lat. generosus (its invariable transl

gentleman-in-waiting to See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

Louis XVI. when dauphin, and was subsequently appointed See also:

• AMBASSADOR (also EMBASSADOR, the form sometimes still used in America; from the Fr. ambassadeur, with which compare Ital. ambasciatore and Span. embajador, all variants of the Med. Lat. ambassiator, ambassiator, ambasator, &c., derived from Med. Lat. amba

ambassador at See also:

• MADRID

Madrid . From Madrid he was suddenly summoned to the governorship of See also:

• BRITTANY

Brittany, and in 1787 was appointed by the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king to succeed See also:

• VERGENNES, CHARLES GRAVIER, COMTE DE (1717-1787)

Vergennes in the See also:

• MINISTRY

ministry of See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign affairs . Montmorin was a devoted admirer of See also:

• NECKER, JACQUES (1732—1804)

Necker, whose See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence at the See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court he was mainly instrumental in maintaining . He retired when Necker was dismissed on the 12th of See also:

• JULY

July 1789, but on Necker's recall after the taking of the See also:

• BASTILLE (from Fr. bastir, now bdtir, to build)

Bastille again resumed his See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office, which he continued to hold till See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1791 . See also:

• MIRABEAU, ANDRE BONIFACE LOUIS RIQUETI, VICOMTE DE (1754-1792)
• MIRABEAU, HONORS GABRIEL RIQUETI, COMTE DE (1749-1791)
• MIRABEAU, VICTOR RIQUETI, MARQUIS DE (1715-1789)

Mirabeau (q.v.) had approached him so See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early as See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1788, with a See also:

• PLAN
• PLAN (from Lat. planes, flat)

plan for the policy to be pursued by the court towards the new states See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general; but Montmorin, offended by Mirabeau's attacks on Necker and by his Histoire secrete de la tour de See also:

• BERLIN
• BERLIN, CONGRESS AND TREATY OF
• BERLIN, ISAIAH (1725–1799)

Berlin, refused to see him . With the progress of the Revolution, however, this attitude was changed . The See also:

• COMTE, AUGUSTE [ISIDORE AUGUSTE MARIE FRANCOIS XAVIER] (1798-1857)

comte de la Marck was exerting himself to bring Mirabeau into See also:

• TOUCH (derived through Fr. toucher from a common Teutonic and Indo-Germanic root, cf. " tug," " tuck," O. H. Ger. zucchen, to twitch or draw)

touch with the court (see MIRABEAU), and for this purpose it was important to secure the assistance of Montmorin . The convenience of an understanding between the two men was obvious; and they were soon on the closest terms . While Montmorin continued See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister in name, Mirabeau became so in fact . Montmorin did not dare to come to a decision without consulting his masterful friend, but on the other See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand neither Mirabeau nor La Marck were under any illusions as to the broken See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character of the See also:

• REED
• REED, ANDREW (1787-1862)
• REED, ISAAC (1742—1807)
• REED, JOSEPH (1741—1785)
• REED, THOMAS BRACKETT (1839—1902)

reed on which they had perforce to lean . Mira-beau complained bitterly that Montmorin was " slack " (Jlasque) and a " See also:

• POLTROON

poltroon " (gavache) .

On the other hand, La Marck thought that Montmorin's feebleness was occasionally useful in restraining Mirabeau's impetuosity . The See also:

• DEATH

death of Mirabeau in See also:

• APRIL

April 1791 was a severe See also:

• BLOW, JOHN (1648-1708)

blow to Montmorin, the difficulty of whose position was enormously increased after the See also:

• FLIGHT

flight of the royal family to Varennes, to which he was not privy . He was forced to resign office, but still continued to advise Louis, and was one of the inner circle of the king's See also:

• FRIENDS, SOCIETY
• FRIENDS, SOCIETY OF

friends, called by the revolutionists " the See also:

• AUSTRIAN

Austrian See also:

• COMMITTEE (from commute, an Anglo-Fr. past participle of commettre, Lat. committere, to entrust; the modern Fr. equivalent comite is derived from the Eng.)

Committee . In See also:

• JUNE

June 1792 his papers were seized at the foreign office, without anything incriminating being discovered; in July he was denounced, and after the loth of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August was proscribed . He took See also:

• REFUGE

refuge in the See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house of a washerwoman, but was discovered, haled before the Legislative See also:

• ASSEMBLY, UNLAWFUL

Assembly, and imprisoned in the Abbaye, where he perished in the See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September massacres . His relative, Louis See also:

• VICTOR
• VICTOR, GAIUS JULIUS (4th cent. A.D.)
• VICTOR, SEXTUS AURELIUS

Victor See also:

• HENRI

Henri, See also:

• MARQUIS

marquis de Montmorin de See also:

• SAINT (lat. sanctus, " holy ")

Saint Herem, See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of the See also:

• ELDER (0. Eng. ellarn; Ger. Holunder; Fr. sureau)
• ELDER (Gr. 1rpev(3iTepos)

elder branch, also perished in the See also:

• MASSACRE

massacre . See A . See also:

• BARDOUX

Bardoux, Pauline de Montmorin, comtesse de See also:

• BEAUMONT
• BEAUMONT, BELMONT, or BELLOMONT
• BEAUMONT, CHRISTOPHE DE (1703-1781)
• BEAUMONT, SIR JOHN (1583–1627)

Beaumont: Etudes sur la fin du XVIII'eT'° siecle (See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris, 1884), for a See also:

• DEFENCE
• DEFENCE (Lat. defendere, to defend)

defence of Montmorin's policy ; F . See also:

• MASSON, DAVID (1822–1907)
• MASSON, LOUIS CLAUDE FREDERIC (1847– )

Masson, Le Departement See also:

• DES

des affaires etrangeres See also:

• PENDANT (through Fr. from Lat. pendere, to hang)

pendant la revolution, 1787—1804, ch. ii . (Paris, 1897) ; A. de Bacourt, See also:

• CORRESPONDENCE
• CORRESPONDENCE (from med. scholastic Lat. correspondentia, corrcspondere, compounded of Lat. cum, with, and respond ere, to answer; cf. Fr. correspondance)

Correspondence entre Mirabeau et le comte de La See also:

• MERCK, JOHANN HEINRICH (1741–1791)

Merck, 1789—1791 (3 vols., Paris, 1851), contains many letters of Montmorin; " Correspondence of the Comte de Moustier with the Comte de Montmorin," in the Amer . Hist . Rev., vol. viii .

(1902-1903) .