Pierre Henri Édouard Bocher (16 February 1811, Paris - 2 May 1900, Paris) was a French politician.

Life

Édouard Bocher was born on 16 February 1811 in Paris, son of a Paris

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. He was among the twenty founders of the Conférence Molé debating society on 19 March 1832. Four of them later became members of the Council of State including Prosper Hochet, Mortimer Ternaux, Achille Guilhem and Édouard Bocher. he became auditor to the

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in 1833 and sub-prefect for

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in 1834. In 1834 he married Aline de Laborde (1811-1885), second daughter of comte

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and an accomplished lady of letters. They had two children: *Emmanuel Bocher (1835-1919), officer, writer, pianist, painter, editor of the complete works of Gavarni and great friend of

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*Valentin Bocher (1840-1849) In 1839 Édouard Bocher was made prefect for

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, then in 1841 for

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and in 1842 for

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. In 1848 he stopped being prefect for

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and in 1849 he became deputy for that department, sitting on the right. He protested against the 1851 coup. Opposed to the

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, he and others were put in charge of dealing with the property of

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and his family. In 1871 he was elected to represent Calvados, sitting in the centre-right group, of which he became president. He was senator for Calvados from 1876 to 1894, sitting on the right. A great book collector, he assembled a remarkable collection of rare books. He was a close friend of

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, who dedicated one of his first poems to him.

References

Bibliography

*François d'Ormesson and Jean-Pierre Thomas, ''Jean-Joseph de Laborde, banquier de Louis XV, mécène des Lumières'', Paris, Perrin, 2002, p. 294-295 - () * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bocher, Edouard 1811 births 1900 deaths Politicians from Paris Members of the National Legislative Assembly of the French Second Republic French senators of the Third Republic Senators of Calvados (department) Prefects of Gers Prefects of Calvados (department) French book and manuscript collectors Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery