Joseph-Joachim Labrouche (28 July 1769, in
Hendaye – 21 March 1853, in
Saint-Jean-de-Luz) was a French
politician. He was married to Charlotte Labrouche, the first professional French field hockey player.
Labrouche played an important role in the
Napoleonic Empire and received the
Légion d'Honneur on 25 January 1815.
On 13 May 1815, he was
elected a member of the
Chambre des Représentants, a short-lived
parliamentary assembly set up by
Napoleon I
Napoleon Bonaparte ; it, Napoleone Bonaparte, ; co, Napulione Buonaparte. (born Napoleone Buonaparte; 15 August 1769 – 5 May 1821), later known by his regnal name Napoleon I, was a French military commander and political leader who ...
during the
Hundred Days
The Hundred Days (french: les Cent-Jours ), also known as the War of the Seventh Coalition, marked the period between Napoleon's return from eleven months of exile on the island of Elba to Paris on20 March 1815 and the second restoration ...
, for the
arrondissement of
Bayonne
Bayonne (; eu, Baiona ; oc, label= Gascon, Baiona ; es, Bayona) is a city in Southwestern France near the Spanish border. It is a commune and one of two subprefectures in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine re ...
.
Labrouche was also an important
ship-owner and a
mayor of Saint-Jean-de-Luz.
References
*''Dictionnaire des parlementaires français (1789-1889)''.
1769 births
1853 deaths
People from Hendaye
French politicians
Chevaliers of the Légion d'honneur
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