Achille Libéral, count Treilhard (22 December 1785 - 3 August 1855) was a French lawyer and administrator. He was briefly Prefect of Police in Paris in 1830.
Achille Libéral Treilhard | |
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 1806 sketch by Frédéric-Christophe d'Houdetot | |
| Born | 22 December 1785 Paris, France |
| Died | 3 August 1855 (aged 69) Le Plessis-Pâté, France |
Napoleonic era edit
Achille Libéral, count Treilhard was the son of Jean-Baptiste Treilhard (1742-1810), a lawyer, parliamentarian and one of the editors of the French Civil Code, and Edmée Elisabeth Boudot (died 1805). He was born in Paris on 27 December 1785.[1]
Treilhard was appointed Auditor of the Council of State in 1806, and named secretary-general of the prefecture of the Seine on 25 February 1809. After the union of Catalonia with France he was appointed Prefect of Barcelona, and held that position when the First French Empire collapsed in 1814.[2] On 15 July 1814 he married Paméla Marqfoy (1795-1876). They had two sons and three daughters.[1] During the Hundred Days of 1815 when Napoleon returned from exile, Treilhard was in turn Prefect of Gers and of Haute-Garonne.[2]
Restoration and July Monarchy edit
Treilhard returned to private life after the second Bourbon Restoration in 1815.[2] He was devoted to the constitutional party, and during the July Revolution of July 1830 presided over the meeting at Le National in which the provisional government was formed. After this he was named Prefect of Seine-Inférieure.[3] On 7 November 1830 he was appointed Prefect of Police in Paris, holding this position during the trial of the ministers of the former king Charles X of France.[2] He replaced Amédée Girod de l'Ain, who was not seen as forceful enough in keeping the peace.[4]
On 26 December 1830 Treilhard was awarded the decoration of the Legion of Honor and was named councilor of the Court of Paris. He resigned in February 1831. [2] He died in Le Plessis-Pâté on 3 August 1855 at the age of 69.[1]
References edit
Citations
- ^ a b c Comte Achille Libéral TREILHARD: Geneanet.
- ^ a b c d e Desplaces 1864, p. 110.
- ^ Déaddé 1844, p. 251.
- ^ Robert & Couchy 1891.
Sources
- "Comte Achille Libéral TREILHARD". Geneanet. Retrieved 2014-03-23.
- Déaddé, D.A. (1844). "TREILHARD". Encyclopédie des gens du monde: répertoire universel des sciences, des lettres et des arts; avec des notices sur les principales familles historiques et sur les personnages célèbres, morts et vivans. Librairie de Treuttel et Würtz. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
- Desplaces, Ernest (1864). "TREILHARD (Achille-Liberal)". Biographie universelle ancienne et moderne: ou histoire, par ordre alphabétique, de la vie publique et privée de tous les hommes qui se sont fait remarquer par leurs écrits, leurs talents, leurs vertus ou leurs crimes. Tos - Vat (in French). Desplaces. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
- Robert, Adolphe; Couchy, Gaston (1891). "GIROD DE L'AIN (Louis Gaspard Amédée)". Dictionnaire des Parlementaires Français comprenant tous les membres des Assemblées Françaises et tous les Ministres Français depuis le 1er mai 1789 jusqu'au 1er mai 1889. Bourloton.