Amable Charles Franquet,

comte ''Comte'' is the French, Catalan and Occitan form of the word 'count' (Latin: ''comes''); ''comté'' is the Gallo-Romance form of the word 'county' (Latin: ''comitatus''). Comte or Comté may refer to: * A count in French, from Latin ''comes'' * A ...

de Franqueville (1 January 1840 – 28 December 1919) was a French '' conseiller d'État'', lawyer, and scholar, known for his work on British institutions.

Life

The only child of the French engineer Alfred Charles Ernest Franquet, comte de Franqueville, he followed in his steps and joined the '' Conseil d'État'', rising to the rank of ''conseiller d'État''. Franquet was created a hereditary

Papal count The papal nobility are the aristocracy of the Holy See, composed of persons holding titles bestowed by the Pope. From the Middle Ages into the nineteenth century, the papacy held direct temporal power in the Papal States, and many titles of papal ...

in 1870 by

Pope Pius IX Pope Pius IX ( it, Pio IX, ''Pio Nono''; born Giovanni Maria Mastai Ferretti; 13 May 1792 – 7 February 1878) was head of the Catholic Church from 1846 to 1878, the longest verified papal reign. He was notable for convoking the First Vatican ...

. He was also an Officer of the

Legion of Honour The National Order of the Legion of Honour (french: Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur), formerly the Royal Order of the Legion of Honour ('), is the highest French order of merit, both military and civil. Established in 1802 by Napoleon, ...

. He was elected to the ''

Académie des sciences morales et politiques An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary or tertiary higher learning (and generally also research or honorary membership). The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, f ...

'' in 1888 and became a

corresponding fellow of the British Academy Fellowship of the British Academy (FBA) is an award granted by the British Academy to leading academics for their distinction in the humanities and social sciences. The categories are: # Fellows – scholars resident in the United Kingdom # C ...

in 1904. In 1901, he received an honorary LL.D. from the

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. He died at the

Château de la Muette The Château de la Muette () is a château located on the edge of the Bois de Boulogne in Paris, France, near the Porte de la Muette. Three châteaux have been located on the site since a hunting lodge was transformed into the first château for ...

in 1919.

Family

In 1903, he married Lady Sophia Matilda Selborne, third child of

Roundell Palmer, 1st Earl of Selborne Roundell Palmer, 1st Earl of Selborne, (27 November 1812 – 4 May 1895) was an English lawyer and politician. He served twice as Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain. Background and education Palmer was born at Mixbury in Oxfordshire, where ...

Works

* ''Commentaire de la loi du 16 septembre 1807 sur le dessèchement des marais, in-8°, 134 pages. Paris. Thunot'', 1860 * ''Étude sur les sociétés de secours mutuels en Angleterre, in-8°, 52 pages. Paris, P. Dupont'', 1863 * ''Les Institutions politiques, judiciaires et administratives de l'Angleterre'', 1863 * ''Études sur les sociétés de secours mutuels d'Angleterre'', 1863 * ''Les Écoles publiques en Angleterre'', 1869 * ''Du Régime des travaux publics en Angleterre : rapport adressé à M. le ministre des Travaux publics'', 4 vol., 1874 * ''Le Gouvernement et le parlement britanniques'', 3 vol., 1887 * ''Rapport sur le prix Le Dissez de Penanrun'', 1889 * ''Le Système judiciaire de la Grande-Bretagne'', 2 vol., 1893 * ''La Justice criminelle en France et en Angleterre'', 1894 * ''L'Institut de France : son origine, ses transformations, son organisation'', 1895 * ''Le Premier siècle de l'Institut de France : 25 octobre 1795-25 octobre 1895'', 2 vol., 1895-1896 * ''Marie de Franqueville, sœur Sainte-Catherine de Sienne au Tiers-Ordre de saint Dominique, 1844-1900'', 1903 * ''Histoire de Bourbilly'', 1907 * ''Le Château de La Muette'', 1915 * ''Lady Sophia Palmer, comtesse de Franqueville (1852-1915)'', 1917 * ''Souvenirs 1840-1919'', 1922

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Franqueville, Charles de Conseil d'État (France) Lawyers from Paris Civil servants from Paris Papal counts French nobility French essayists Corresponding Fellows of the British Academy Officers of the Legion of Honour French jurists 1840 births 1919 deaths