Jacques Claude Beugnot

Jacques Claude Beugnot, sometimes Charles Claude, ( born July 25, 1761 Bar-sur -Aube, † June 24, 1835 in Bagneux ( Hauts -de- Seine) ) was a French politician. He was a member during the French Revolution. During the Napoleonic era, he played a leading role in the Kingdom of Westphalia and the Grand Duchy of Berg. After the defeat of the Emperor in 1814 he entered the service of Louis XVIII.

Life

He was formerly a lawyer in the Champagne region. He was a member of the Constituent Assembly in 1791 and later the Legislative Assembly. Beugnot was a supporter of constitutional monarchy and grabbed Jean Paul Marat on. Therefore, he was known as an opponent of the Jacobins. In 1793 he was arrested and released in the course of the 9th Thermidor in 1794. After he retired from politics first.

He was confidant and adviser of Lucien Bonaparte. After the coup of Napoleon in 1799, he was prefect of the department of Seine- INFERIEUR in Rouen. Napoleon appointed him to the State Council 1806.

In 1807 he became Minister of Finance in the Government of the Kingdom of Westphalia. Since 1808, he served as Commissioner, Finance Minister and de facto governor of Napoleon in the Grand Duchy of Berg. This office he held until 1813. He refused hasty reforms, which is why there had never been a written constitution in the Grand Duchy. In 1810 it rose Napoleon the title of count, which is why it is also known under the name Comte de Beugnot.

After the end of the Grand Duchy he was prefect of a department, and after the defeat of Napoleon in 1814 Interior Minister of the Provisional Government. He was also Director General of Police under King Louis XVIII. He was instrumental in the drafting of the Charter adopted by the king in 1814 Constitutionnelle involved. Thus, the programmatic preamble came mainly from Beugnot.

Briefly, he was Secretary of the Navy in 1815, before he held the posts of Director-General of the Post Office, the Minister of State and a member of the Privy Council after the second restoration. In 1815 he was also elected as deputies of the department of Marne. In Parliament he was rapporteur on the state budget. The parliamentary seat he gave up in 1824. He left behind memoirs that his grandson Albert Beugnot published 1866.

Honors

  • June 1804 Chevalier of the Legion of Honor
  • December 30, 1809 Officier of the Legion of Honor
  • June 30, 1811 Commander of the Legion of Honor
  • April 24, 1817 Grand Officier of the Legion of Honor
  • May 1, 1821 Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor

Writings

  • Albert Beugnot (ed.): Mémoires du comte Beugnot. From 1779 to 1815. Hachette, Paris, 1959 ( EA Paris 1866).
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