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Gabriel Paul Othenin de Cléron, comte d'Haussonville (21 September 18431 September 1924) was a French politician and author.
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
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
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.
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
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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