Jean-Charles Persil

Jean-Charles Persil , born with Condom (Gers) the October 13rd 1785 and died in Antony (Hauts-de-Seine) the July 10th 1870, is a French politician.

Biography

Wire of Jean-Joseph Parsley, trader, and of Marie Denux, Jean-Charles Persil granted his Paris in one year, was accepted doctor the following year (1806) and thought of becoming law professor, but passed without success the contests of faculties of Paris and Grenoble. It however acquired a certain reputation by two works which it published: the mortage mode (1809) and Questions about the privileges and the mortgages (1812). It was registered with the bar, and became a famous lawyer.

Under the Restoration, it took share with the political combats of the liberal party. It defended his friend Nicolas Bavoux in front of the Room of the pars. The June 23rd 1830, it was elected appointed in the 2nd electoral district of the Gers (Condom) (by 126 votes out of 228 voters and 268 registered voters, against 97 with Mr. de Burosse). He protested against the Ordonnances of Saint-Cloud and belonged to the delegation which, around André Dupin, went to Neuilly-sur-Seine to offer to the duke of Orleans the general lieutenancy of the kingdom.

He was named public prosecutor close the royal court of Paris, which led it to be represented in front of its voters: he was re-elected appointed the November 8th 1830 (188 votes out of 200 voters and 288 registered voters). At the time of the general elections of the July 5th 1831, it was elected in the 4th electoral district of the Gers (Lombez) (99 votes out of 190 voters and 226 registered voters against 86 with the candidate legitimist, Mr. de Panat).

As well as magistrate as like deputy, Persil resolutely lined up as regards party of the order and fought with heat the liberals, so that Fayette said of him that it was “furious of moderation”. It continued the clubs, associations, the republican newspapers, denounced plots, multiplied lawsuits where, often, moreover, the jurys were shown more lenient and released the defendants. This hardness was worth the ceaseless attacks of the satirical newspapers to him, which frequently represented it with an immense nose in the shape of web and the legend “the Father-Saw”. One of them announced one day: “Mr. Persil died to have eaten parrot. ” Charles Philipon, which it vigorously followed up, claimed that it could “go down from a man-eater brought back by the Capitaine Cook”.

The April 4th 1834, Persil was named minister for Justice and the Worships in the first ministry Soult, to replace Felix Barthe and preserved these functions until the February 22nd 1836 in the ministries Gerard, Maret, Mortier and Broglie.

He was re-elected appointed the May 15th 1834 (111 vote out of 203 voters and 244 registered voters). At the time of the legislative elections of the June 21st 1834, it was again elected in three electoral colleges: 4th of the Corrèze (Custom) (98 votes out of 176 voters and 211 registered voters against 59 with Mr. de Valon); 2nd of the Gers (Condom) (184 votes out of 357 voters and 485 registered voters against 165 with Mr. Pagès); 4th of the Gers (Lombez) (127 votes out of 213 voters and 244 registered voters against 86 with Mr. Domezon). It chooses Condom and was replaced in Lombez by Mr. Troy and Ussel by Camille Périer.

Parsley became again Minister for Justice in the first ministry Molé of the September 6th 1836 with the April 15th 1837. He clashed with Louis Mathieu Molé which refused the dissolution of the House of Commons, gave his resignation and, leaving the cabinet with the Doctrinaires, was named president of the Commission of the currencies, lucrative function and little absorbing. But, entered the coalition, it continued to reinforce against the president of the Council which obtained its revocation at the beginning of 1839.

He was re-elected appointed the November 4th 1837 (249 votes out of 358 voters and 583 registered voters) then the March 2nd 1839 (308 votes out of 328 voters). The April 25th 1839 it published in the Newspaper of the debates a declaration in which it announced to return to the preserving fold: this was worth to him to be reinstated in its functions in the mint, named Pair of France the November 7th 1839 and made large officer of the Légion of honor (April 24th 1845). Until 1848, it was a specific support of the government of Louis-Philippe I {{er}}. With the Room of the pars, he was in particular the rapporteur of the important law of July 15th, 1845 on the police force of the railroads.

After the Revolution of 1848, it left the public life. It however was named to advise State the July 31st 1852. He died in 1870.

Works

mortage Mode, or comment on the XVIIIe title of book III of the Civil code, relating to the privilièges and mortgages , Paris, at P. Gueffier, 1809, in-8 (nlle. ED. increased 1817, 2 vol. in-8)
Questions about the privileges and mortgages, seizures of property and orders, making following the mortage Mode; containing the solutions of the difficulties which arise usually in front of the Courts, or on which the Author was consulted , Paris, at P. Gueffier, 1812, 2 vol. in-8 (nlle. ED. 1820)
Essay on the re-establishment of the right of seniority and substitutions , Paris, Baudouin brothers, 1826, in-8
Letters of Mr. Persil, deputy of the district of Condom, with the writers of ″ the Press ″ and of the ″ DEBATEs ″ the occasion of its departure of the Head office of the currencies, 1839

Sources

Adolphe Robert and Gaston Cougny, Dictionary of the French Members of Parliament , Paris, Dourloton, 1889

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