Jean-Antoine Marbot

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Jean-Antoine Marbot , born the December 7th 1754 with Altillac (Corrèze), dead the April 19th 1800 with Genoa (Italy), is a French politician.

Member of the bodyguards of the king, it leaves this body at the beginning of the Révolution and is made elect, in 1790, administrator of the Département of Corrèze.

The September 3rd 1791, it is elected appointed of this department, 6th on 7 with 206 votes out of 361 voters, with the legislative Assemblée, where it sits in the majority.

Taking again service then, it fights in the Spanish Cerdagne , before joining the Armée with the Western Pyrenees, where it remains in 1794 and 1795, with the provisional rank of Major general. Relieved by the representatives on mission in 1795, it is reinstated the 25 Prairial An III, on a purely final basis.

The 23 Vendémiaire An IV, it is made elect appointed of Corrèze with 121 votes out of 236 voters with the Conseil of the Five hundred, where it is opposed to the royalists brought together around the Club of Clichy and approves the Coup d'etat of the 18 fructidor year V. Twice president of the Council, it replaces Joubert with the head of the government of Paris, ordering the 17th military Division, in 1799.

However, suspect with the Directory, it is sent soon to the Armée with Italy little before the Coup d'etat of the 18 brumaire. Victim of an epidemic, it dies at the beginning of the head office of Genoa.

Married to Marie-Louise Dupuy of Some, he is the father of Jean-Baptist-Antoine-Marcellin Marbot.

Source

Dictionary of the French deputies of 1789 to 1889, volume 4, p. 251 to 260

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