Jacques Auguste Marie Le Clerc, marquis de Juigné (16 February 1874 – 12 February 1951) was a French politician.

Jacques de Juigné
Born
Jacques Auguste Marie Le Clerc de Juigné

16 February 1874 (1874-02-16)
Died12 February 1951 (1951-02-13) (aged 76)
OccupationPolitician
TitleMarquess
SpouseMadeleine Le Clerc de Juigné
RelativesHenri Schneider (father-in-law)

Early life edit

Le Clerc de Juigné was born on 16 February 1874 in Paris, France.[1]

Career edit

He served as the mayor of Juigné-sur-Sarthe from 1900 to 1944.[1]

He served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies from 1906 to 1936.[1] He then served in the Senate from 1936 to 1941.[1] On 10 July 1940, he voted as a Senator in favour of granting the cabinet presided by Marshal Philippe Pétain authority to draw up a new constitution, thereby effectively ending the French Third Republic and establishing Vichy France.

Personal life edit

He married Marie Madeleine Schneider, the daughter of Henri Schneider. They resided at the Château de Juigné. He also inherited the Château du Bois-Rouaud in Chéméré, Loire-Atlantique, from his uncle.[2]

Death edit

He died on 12 February 1951.[1]

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e French Senate: de JUIGNE Jacques
  2. ^ René Bourreau, Monarchie et modernité : l'utopie restitutionniste de la noblesse nantaise sous la IIIe République, Paris: Publications de la Sorbonne, 1996, p. 159