Biographies : 3
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BiographyFALLOUX DU COUDRAY, Frédéric Alfred Pierre, comte de
Frédéric Falloux du Coudray was born in Angers on 7 May, 1811, into a family of merchants enobled by Louis XVIII in 1825 for their monarchical and clerical zeal. After studying at the college in Angers, Frédéric came up to Paris, and it was here that he made his entrance into society via Madame Swetchine, […]
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BiographyFORCADE LA ROQUETTE, Jean Louis Victor Adolphe de, (1820-1874) Statesman
Adolphe de Forcade La Roquette (also written Forcade de la Roquette) was born in Paris on 8 April, 1820. He studied law and earned a doctorate, before becoming a lawyer at the Appeal Court in Paris. He was committed supporter of the coup d'état of 2 December, 1851. As a result of his family relations […]
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BiographyFOULD, Achille Marcus, (1800-1867) Statesman
The family into which Achille Marcus Fould was born (1800-1867) had been part of the Jewish community in Metz since the second half of the Seventeenth Century. Achille's father, Berr Lion Fould, was born in Boulay in 1767. He was to join the entourage of the greatest Jewish merchant and businessman in the East of […]