Background

Alexandre Lameth was born in Paris on October 20, 1760 and was the youngest child of Marie Thérèse de Broglie. His mother was the sister of the Marshall de Broglie and a favourite of Marie Antoinette. His other two brothers were, Théodore Lameth (1756–1854), who served in the American war, sat in the Legislative Assembly as deputy from the department of Jura, and became maréchal-de-camp; and Charles Malo François Lameth, who was a popular politician and a hero in the battle of the American War of Independence.

Career

He served in the American War of Independence under Rochambeau, and in 1789 was sent as deputy to the States General by the nobles of the bailliage of Peronne. In the Constituent Assembly he formed with Barnave and Adrien Duport a sort of association called the " Triumvirate, " which controlled a group of about forty deputies forming the advanced left of the Assembly.

He presented a famous report in the Constituent Assembly on the organization of the army, but is better known by his eloquent speech on the 28th of February 1791, at the Jacobin Club, against Mirabeau, whose relations with the court were beginning to be suspected, and who was a personal enemy of Lameth.

He served in the army as marechal-de-camp under Luckner and Lafayette, but was accused of treason on the 15th of August 1792, fled the country, and was imprisoned by the Austrians.

Achievements

• Under the Empire he was made prefect successively in several departments, and in 1810 was created a baron. In 1814 he attached himself to the Bourbons, and under the Restoration was appointed prefect of Somme, deputy for Seine-Inferieure and finally deputy for Seine-et-Oise, in which capacity he was a leader of the Liberal opposition. He died in Paris on the r8th of March 1829. He was the author of an important History of the Constituent Assembly (Paris, 2 vols. , 1828 - 1829).

Works

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  • Examen D'Un Écrit Intitulé: Discours & Réplique Du Comte De Mirabeau À L'Assemblée Nationale, Dans Les Séances Des 20 Et 22 Mai, Sur Cette Question: A ... Avec Une Lettre D'Envoi ... (French Edition)

    (This book was originally published prior to 1923, and rep...)

  • Histoire de l'AssembleÌe Constituante.: II

    (Mark Twain once famously said "there was but one solitary...)

  • Tout Se Découvre A la Fin (Classic Reprint) (French Edition)

    (Excerpt from Tout Se Découvre A la Fin About the Publish...)

  • Considerations Sur La Garde Nationale (Histoire) (French Edition)

    (Considerations sur la garde nationale, par M. Alexandre L...)

  • Opinion de M. Alexandre de Lameth, Député de Péronne, sur la Constitution Militaire: Prononcé à la Séance du 9 Février 1790 (Classic Reprint) (French Edition)

    (Excerpt from Opinion de M. Alexandre de Lameth, Député de...)

Connections

Mother:

Marie Thérèse de Broglie

Alexandre Lameth was he youngest child of Marie Thérèse de Broglie, a favourite of Marie Antoinette.

Brother:

Charles Malo François Lameth

He was a popular politician and a hero in the battle of the American War of Independence.

Brother:

Théodore Lameth

He served in the American war, sat in the Legislative Assembly as deputy from the department of Jura, and became maréchal-de-camp.

Uncle:

Marshall de Broglie

His mother was the sister of the Marshall de Broglie.