''Le Clairon'' was a short-lived French newspaper, published daily, that was pro-royalist and pro-Catholic. It was founded in March 1881 with support from the Duchesse d'Uzès, from Alfred Edwards and from France's Catholic bank Union Générale, which owned one hundred shares. Paul Eugène Bontoux (1820–1904), chief executive of the Union Générale, controlled the financial articles of ''Le Clairon'', by means of a "Société de Publicité Universelle", which he had created and which funded the financial advertising pages. The editor-in-chief Jules Cornély (1845–1907) hired away from the staff of the daily newspaper ''Le Gaulois'', eleven journalists, including Louis de Fourcaud,

Raoul Toché François-Frédéric-Raoul Toché (7 October 1850 – 18 January 1895 was a French playwright and journalist. Life and career Toché was born on 7 October 1850 in Rueil, now known as Rueil-Malmaison, near Paris. As a playwright he is known for his ...

, Gabriel Terrail, called "Mermeix" (1859–1930),

Arsène Houssaye Arsène Houssaye (28 March 181526 February 1896) was a French novelist, poet and man of letters. Biography Houssaye was born in Bruyères ( Aisne), near Laon; his original surname was Housset. In 1832 he found his way to Paris, and in 1836 he ...

(1815–1896) and Émile Blavet (1838–1924). The shareholders of ''Le Clairon'' sold the newspaper to Arthur Meyer, who also acquired the ''Le Gaulois'' in 1882 and then the ''Paris-Journal'' and merged the three newspaper franchises. The merged newspaper was published under the title ''Le Gaulois'' from August 1884."Histoire générale de la presse française: De 1871 à 1940", par Claude Bellanger - 1969 Jules Cornély had meanwhile resigned and joined the daily newspaper '' Le Matin'' but in 1888 returned to ''Le Gaulois'' (which merged with ''

Le Figaro ''Le Figaro'' () is a French daily morning newspaper founded in 1826. It is headquartered on Boulevard Haussmann in the 9th arrondissement of Paris. The oldest national newspaper in France, ''Le Figaro'' is one of three French newspapers of reco ...

'' in 1929).

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