Henri-Cardin-Jean-Baptiste d'Aguesseau, Marquis d'Aguesseau (23 August 1752, in

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22 January 1826), grandson of the French chancellor

Henri François d'Aguesseau Henri François d'Aguesseau (; 27 November 16685 February 1751) was Chancellor of France three times between 1717 and 1750 and pronounced by Voltaire to be "the most learned magistrate France ever possessed". Early life He was born in Limoges, ...

, was ''advocate-general'' in the ''

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and deputy in the Estates-General. Under the Consulate he became president of the court of appeal and later minister at

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. He was elected to the

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in 1787.

Works

Of d'Aguesseau's works the most complete edition is that of the eminent lawyer

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, published in 16 vols. (1818–1820); his letters were edited separately by Rives (1823); a selection of his works, (OEuvres choisies, was issued, with a biographical notice, by E Falconnet in 2 vols. (Paris, 1865).) The far greater part of his works relate to matters connected with his profession, but they also contain an elaborate treatise on

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; several

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essays; a life of his father, which is interesting from the account which it gives of his own early education; and ''Metaphysical Meditations'', written to prove that, independently of all revelation and all positive law, there is that in the constitution of the human mind which renders man a law to himself. See Boullée, ''Histoire de la vie et des ouvrages du chancelier d'Aguesseau'' (Paris, 1835); Fr. Monnier, ''Le Chancelier d'Aguesseau'' (Paris, 1860; 2nd ed., 1863); Charles Butler, ''Mem. of Life of H. F. d'Aguesseau'', etc. (1830).

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Aguesseau, Henri-Cardin-Jean-Baptiste d 1752 births 1826 deaths Politicians from Paris French marquesses Members of the National Constituent Assembly (France) Members of the Sénat conservateur Members of the Chamber of Peers of the Bourbon Restoration Members of the Académie Française