Gabriel Paul Othenin de Cléron, comte d'Haussonville (21 September 18431 September 1924) was a French politician and author.
Biography
Born at
Gurcy-le-Châtel (
Seine-et-Marne
Seine-et-Marne () is a department in the Île-de-France region in Northern France. Named after the rivers Seine and Marne, it is the region's largest department with an area of 5,915 square kilometres (2,284 square miles); it roughly covers its ...
), de Cléron was the son of
Joseph Othenin Bernard de Cléron, comte d'Haussonville and Louise ''née''
Louise Albertine, princesse de Broglie.
De Cléron 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
Jacques-Victor-Albert, 4th duc de Broglie (; 13 June 182119 January 1901) was a French monarchist politician, diplomat and writer (of historical works and translations).
Broglie twice served as Prime Minister of France, first from May 1873 to ...
, 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
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 philosop ...
.
Family
In 1865 d'Haussonville married Mlle Pauline d'Harcourt.
Works
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.)
[An English translation was reissued by Cambridge University Press, 2011 ()]
* ''Madame da La Fayette'' (1891)
* ''Madame Ackermann'' (1892)
* ''Le comte de Paris, souvenirs personnels'' (1895)
* ''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)
References
External links
Académie française: Paul-Gabriel d'Haussonville
{{DEFAULTSORT:Haussonville, Gabriel Paul
1843 births
1924 deaths
People from Seine-et-Marne
Counts of France
Politicians from Île-de-France
Members of the National Assembly (1871)
Members of the Ligue de la patrie française
Members of the Académie Française
Members of the Académie des sciences morales et politiques