Biographies : 24
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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 […]
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BiographyGRENVILLE, William Wyndham, (of Wotton-under-Bernewood)
Fact file Born 25 October, 1759, died Dropmore Lodge (Buckinghamshire), 12 January, 1834 MP for Buckingham 1782-84 MP for Buckinghamshire 1784-90 Created 1st Baron of Grenville on 25 November 1790 (then becoming Leader of the House of Lords) Chief secretary for Ireland 1782-83 Paymaster and Joint Paymaster 1783-89 Vice-president of the Board of Trade 1786-89 […]
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BiographyHAUGWITZ, Christian August Heinrich Kurt Graf von
Born into the Silesian (Protestant) branch of the ancient Haugwitz family, he studied law before being elected in 1791 by the Silesian estates as general director of the province. Frederick William II appointed him to the Prussian civil service and he became ambassador at Vienna in 1792, also becoming a member of the cabinet at […]
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BiographyLIVERPOOL, Robert Banks Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of
Fact file 1790-96, MP for Appleby 1793-1796 Member of the Board of Control for India1796-1803 MP for Rye1803 made Baron of Hawkesbury1799-1801 Master of the Mint 1801-1804 Foreign Secretary, during which time he negotiated the Treaty of Amiens1804-1806 and 1807-1809 Home Secretary1808 succeeded as 2nd Lord Liverpool1809-1812 Secretary for War and the Colonies1812-1827 First Lord […]
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BiographyMARESCALCHI, Ferdinando; MELZI D’ERIL, Francesco
Ferdinando Marescalchi, 1754-1816, comte (1809), Italian politician Born in Bologna, then in the Papal States, on 26 February 1754, into a noble family, he became a hereditary member of the Senate of that town. In June 1796, he rallied to the French and became acquainted with general Bonaparte, who showed him a great deal of […]
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BiographyMARET, Hugues-Bernard, Duc de Bassano
Born on 22 July, 1763 in Dijon, Maret was a supporter of the Revolution and published a report of the debates that took place in the National Constituent Assembly. This report was picked up and published by the Moniteur. Although initially a member of the Jacobin club, he was to leave the group after the […]
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BiographyMETTERNICH-Winneburg-zu Beilstein, Clemens Wenzel Lothar, Graf von (1773-1859)
The great Habsburg statesman of the nineteenth century, Metternich was born in Koblenz on 15 May, 1773. His university career started in Strasburg (1788) where he studied under the famous teacher of law and political history Christoph Wilhelm von Koch (other pupils included Louis-Guillaume Otto (Metternich's opposite number in the Marie Louise marriage negotiations), Benjamin […]
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BiographyMONTGELAS, Count von
Maximilian Joseph Garnerin, count von Montgelas (Munich, 1759-1838) was a Bavarian politician of a noble Savoyard famille. His upbringing and sensibilities were heavily influenced by France, and at the end of his life, he spoke French as fluently as he did German. Thanks to the support of the Prince Elector Charles Theodore, he entered the office […]
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BiographyMORNY, Charles Auguste Louis Joseph, duc de (1811 – 1865)
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BiographyPITT, William, ‘the Younger’‘Chez Fox le coeur échauffait le génie, au lieu que chez Pitt le génie desséchait le coeur', Napoleon to Gougaud, Saint Helena, 1817.