Edme-Armand-Gaston, duc d'Audiffret-Pasquier (21 October 1823, in

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4 June 1905), known as Gaston Audiffret-Pasquier, was a French politician and member of the Académie française, Seat 16. He was preceded in his position by

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and succeeded by

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Life

He was the grand-nephew and adopted son of Baron Etienne Denis Pasquier, an academician. He inherited the title of duke in 1844, and became auditor at the council of state in 1846. After the

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he retired to private life. Under the

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he was twice an unsuccessful candidate for the legislature, but was elected in February 1871 to the National Assembly of France, and became president of the

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parliamentary group in 1873. After the fall of Thiers, Audiffret-Pasquier directed the negotiations between the different royalist parties to establish the

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as King of France, but as Chambord refused to give up the white flag of the Bourbons in favor of the tricolor, the project failed. Yet he retained the confidence of the chamber, and was its president in 1875 when the constitutional laws were being drawn up. Nominated senator for life under the new constitution, he likewise was president of the Senate from March 1876 to 1879 when his party lost the majority. Henceforth he was less prominent in politics. Audiffret-Pasquier was distinguished by his moderation and uprightness; and he did his best to dissuade MacMahon from taking violent advisers. In 1878 he was elected to the Académie française, but never published anything.

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;Attribution * {{DEFAULTSORT:Audiffret-Pasquier, Edme Armand Gaston, duc d 1823 births 1905 deaths Politicians from Paris Orléanists Members of the National Assembly (1871) French life senators Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies (France) Presidents of the Senate (France) Members of the Ligue de la patrie française Collège Stanislas de Paris alumni Members of the Académie Française