Julien Bessières

Julien Bessières (actually Geraud Henri Julien, chevalier Bessières et de l' Empire, born July 30, 1777 Gramat, Lot Department, † July 31, 1840 in Paris) was a French politician and diplomat.

Life

Bessières was a cousin of Marshal of France Jean -Baptiste Bessières and General Bertrand Bessières. 1798 Napoleon brought him to the Commission des sciences et des arts, who accompanied him in his invasion of Egypt. Seriously ill, Bessières wanted to return on October 26, 1798 the ship Madonna di Montenegro to France. He was accompanied among others by his commission colleagues Joseph Claude Charbonnel, Pierre- Simon Girard, Étienne de Poitevin Maureilhan and François Pouqueville. The ship was attacked by Albanian pirates and the passengers were taken away as hostages.

Bessières was sold together with Charbonnel and Poitevin de Maureilhan to Tepedelenli Ali Pasha, who in the New Fortress of Corfu incarcerated. 1880 In the night of 21 to November 22 of the same year they were able to escape and return to France.

1803 appointed one Bessières in the administration of the department of Hautes -Alpes. After a year he went as ambassador to the Sublime Porte. As Venice in 1805 fell to the Kingdom of Italy, called it Bessières as Consul General to the Serenissima. Between 1810 and 1814 he held various political and administrative posts. During the Restoration he was close to the royalists, and represented in 1827 as a deputy the Dordogne. Also during the July Monarchy, he held this mandate.

Bessières died on the night after his 63rd birthday and found his final resting place in Père Lachaise.

Honors

• Commander of the Legion of Honor
• Chevalier de l'Empire
• 1837 Pair of France