Napoléon, comte Daru (11 June 1807 – 20 February 1890), was a French soldier and politician.
Career
Napoléon Daru was born on 12 June 1807 in Paris.
He was the son of
Pierre Daru
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Early career
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and godson of
Napoleon
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and
Joséphine
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.
He studied at the lycée Louis-le-Grand, then at the l'Ecole polytechnique and at the l'Ecole militaire d'application in
Metz. After becoming second-lieutenant of artillery in 1830, he participated with military honor in the
French conquest of Algeria
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. He became
peer of France
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in 1833.
During the
French Second Republic he was a member of the National Constituent Assembly for Manche from 7 January 1849 to 26 May 1849, and a member of the National Legislative Assembly for Manche from 13 May 1849 to 8 December 1851.
During the
Second French Empire he was a member of the
Corps législatif for Manche from 6 June 1869 to 4 September 1870.
He was a member of the
Académie des Sciences Morales et Politiques in 1860, and minister of foreign affairs in the cabinet of
Émile Ollivier in 1870.
After
Léon Gambetta dissolved the departmental general councils on 26 December 1870 Daru and
Arthur Legrand
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His political beliefs were Bonapartist and conservati ...
, protested the measure.
During the
French Third Republic Daru was a member of the National Assembly for Manche from 8 February 1871 to 7 March 1876. He belonged to the Orléanist parliamentary group, ''Centre droit''.
He was a member of the senate from 30 January 1876 to 4 January 1879.
Napoléon Daru died on 20 June 1890 in Paris.
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1807 births
1890 deaths
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Orléanists
Government ministers of France
Members of the Chamber of Peers of the July Monarchy
Members of the 1848 Constituent Assembly
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Members of the 4th Corps législatif of the Second French Empire
Members of the National Assembly (1871)
French Senators of the Third Republic
Senators of Manche
19th-century French military personnel
Members of the Académie des sciences morales et politiques
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