Alexandre de Fauris de Saint-Vincens (1750-1815) was a French lawyer and politician. He served as the

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from 1808 to 1809, and he served in the

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in 1814.

Biography

Early life

Alexandre de Fauris de Saint-Vincens was born on 1 September 1750 in Aix-en-Provence. His father, Jules-François-Paul Fauris de Saint-Vincens (1718-1798) served as the President à mortier of the

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in 1746. His mother, Julie de Villeneuve de Vence (1726-1778), came from an old aristocratic family. He was baptised in the Église du Saint-Esprit in Aix on 3 September 1750, only two days after his birth. He grew up in the Hôtel Raousset-Boulbon, a family

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located at number 14 on the

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in Aix. He was educated at the

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, a Catholic school in

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.Marcellin de Fonscolombe, ''Notice sur M. de Saint-Vincens, Président de la Cour royale d'Aix, associé règnicole de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres'', Aix-en-Provence: Augustin Pontier, 1820, p. 3

Career

He served as President a mortier of the Parlement of Aix-en-Provence in 1782. He served as the

of Aix-en-Provence from 13 August 1808 to 20 November 1809. Additionally, he served as President of the Court of Appeals of Aix from 1811 to 1819. He also served in the

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, and as a member of the

in 1814. In 1811, he was made a Knight of the French Empire. Additionally, he became an Officer of the

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Personal life

In 1781, he married Marguerite Dorothée de Trimont. They resided in the Hôtel Raousset-Boulbon. He died on 15 November 1815 in Aix and was buried in the Saint-Pierre Cemetery.

References

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