Gabriel Paul Othenin de Cléron, comte d'Haussonville
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Gabriel Paul Othenin de Cléron, comte d'Haussonville (September 21, 1843 - September 1, 1924) was a French politician and author. Born at Gurcy-le-Châtel
(Seine-et-Marne
), he was the son of Joseph Othenin Bernard de Cléron, comte d'Haussonville and Louise née Louise Albertine, princesse de Broglie; in 1865 he married Mlle Pauline d'Harcourt.
He represented Seine-et-Marne in the National Assembly (1871) and voted with the Right Centre. Though he was not elected to the chamber of deputies he became the righthand man of his maternal uncle Albert, 4th duc de Broglie
, in the attempted coup
of May 16. His Les établissements pénitentiaires en France et aux colonies (1875) was crowned by the Académie Française
, of which he was admitted a member on January 26, 1888.
In 1891 the resignation of Henri Edouard Bocher from the administration of the Orleans estates led to the appointment of d'Haussonville as accredited representative of the comte de Paris in France. He at once set to work to strengthen the Orleanist party by recruiting from the smaller nobility the officials of the local monarchical committees. He established new Orleanist organs, and sent out lecturers with instructions to emphasize the modern and democratic principles of the comte de Paris; hut the prospects of the party were dashed in 1894 by the death of the comte de Paris.
In 1904 he was admitted to the Académie des sciences morales et politiques. The comte d'Haussonville published:
Gurcy-le-Châtel
Gurcy-le-Châtel is a commune in the Seine-et-Marne department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France.-External links:* * *...
(Seine-et-Marne
Seine-et-Marne
Seine-et-Marne is a French department, named after the Seine and Marne rivers, and located in the Île-de-France region.- History:Seine-et-Marne is one of the original 83 departments, created on March 4, 1790 during the French Revolution in application of the law of December 22, 1789...
), he was the son of Joseph Othenin Bernard de Cléron, comte d'Haussonville and Louise née Louise Albertine, princesse de Broglie; in 1865 he married Mlle Pauline d'Harcourt.
He represented Seine-et-Marne in the National Assembly (1871) and voted with the Right Centre. Though he was not elected to the chamber of deputies he became the righthand man of his maternal uncle Albert, 4th duc de Broglie
Albert, 4th duc de Broglie
Jacques-Victor-Albert, 4th duc de Broglie was a French monarchist politician.-Biography:Albert de Broglie was born in Paris, France, the third child and eldest son of Victor, 3rd duc de Broglie, a liberal statesman of the July Monarchy, and Albertine, baroness Staël von Holstein, the fourth child...
, in the attempted coup
Coup d'état
A coup d'état state, literally: strike/blow of state)—also known as a coup, putsch, and overthrow—is the sudden, extrajudicial deposition of a government, usually by a small group of the existing state establishment—typically the military—to replace the deposed government with another body; either...
of May 16. His Les établissements pénitentiaires en France et aux colonies (1875) was crowned by the Académie Française
Académie française
L'Académie française , also called the French Academy, is the pre-eminent French learned body on matters pertaining to the French language. The Académie was officially established in 1635 by Cardinal Richelieu, the chief minister to King Louis XIII. Suppressed in 1793 during the French Revolution,...
, of which he was admitted a member on January 26, 1888.
In 1891 the resignation of Henri Edouard Bocher from the administration of the Orleans estates led to the appointment of d'Haussonville as accredited representative of the comte de Paris in France. He at once set to work to strengthen the Orleanist party by recruiting from the smaller nobility the officials of the local monarchical committees. He established new Orleanist organs, and sent out lecturers with instructions to emphasize the modern and democratic principles of the comte de Paris; hut the prospects of the party were dashed in 1894 by the death of the comte de Paris.
In 1904 he was admitted to the Académie des sciences morales et politiques. The comte d'Haussonville published:
- Sainte-Beuve, sa vie et ses œuvres (1875)
- Études biographiques et littéraires, 2 vol. (1879 and 1888)
- Le Salon de Mme Necker (1882, 2 vols.)
- Madame da La Fayette (1891)
- Madame Ackermann (1892)
- Le comte de Paris, souvenirs personnels (1801)
- La duchesse de Bourgogne et l’alliance savoyarde sous Louis XIV, 4 vol. (1898-1903)
- Salaires et misères de femmes (1900)
- with G Hanotaux, Souvenirs de Mme de Maintenon (3 vols., 1902-1904)
- Après la séparation (1906)
- À l’Académie française et autour de l’Académie (1907)
- Femmes d’autrefois. Hommes d’aujourd’hui (1912)
- Ombres françaises et visions anglaises (1914)
- À Metz (1919)