Hyacinthe Camille Teisseire (22 September 1764 – 12 September 1842) was a French politician and businessman prominent in the civic and industrial life of

Grenoble lat, Gratianopolis , commune status = Prefecture and commune , image = Panorama grenoble.png , image size = , caption = From upper left: Panorama of the city, Grenoble’s cable cars, place Saint- ...

, the city of his birth, during the first half of the 19th century. From 1820 until 1824 he served as the representative for Isère in the French Chamber of Deputies. He was a

Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur 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 B ...

and a member of the . As a businessman he ran the distilling company Teisseire which had been founded by his grandfather in 1720 and was famous for its cherry liqueur ''Ratafia de Teisseire''. Retrieved 12 January 2016 . In 1794 Camille married Marine Périer, the daughter of the French banker and industrialist

Claude Perier Claude-Nicolas Perier (28 May 1742 – 6 February 1801) was assured an important place in French history when he opened his Château de Vizille near Grenoble to the famous meeting of the estates of the Province of Dauphiné (21 July 1788) heraldin ...

. The couple had ten children, not all of whom survived to adulthood. When Teisseire took up his seat in the Chamber of Deputies in 1820, he turned the management of the distilling business over to his eldest son Charles, and the company became known for a period as ''Teisseire, Père & Fils'' (Teisseire, Father & Son). Camille Teisseire died in Grenoble at the age of 77 and is buried in the

Saint Roch Cemetery Saint Roch Cemetery (french: Cimetière Saint-Roch) is the first municipal cemetery in the city of Grenoble, France. It was blessed by the bishop of Grenoble Claude Simon on 19 August 1810.According to web site of Association Saint-Roch ! Vous a ...

.Grenoble (38): cimetière Saint-Roch
Cimetières de France et d’ailleurs. Retrieved 12 January 2016 .

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1764 births 1842 deaths Businesspeople from Grenoble Politicians from Grenoble Members of the 2nd Chamber of Deputies of the Bourbon Restoration Members of Parliament for Isère 19th-century French businesspeople 18th-century French businesspeople {{Isère-politician-stub