Auguste de Schonen
| Auguste de Schonen | |
|---|---|
| Born |
12 February 1782 Saint-Denis, Seine-St-Denis, France |
| Died | 4 December 1849 (aged 67) Paris, France |
| Nationality | French |
| Occupation | Lawyer, politician |
Baron Auguste Jean Marie de Schonen (12 February 1782 – 4 December 1849) was a French lawyer and politician. He was a deputy in the National Assembly, and played a leading role in the July Revolution of 1830. Later he became more conservative and was made a peer of France by King Louis Philippe.
Auguste Jean Marie de Schonen was born at Saint-Denis, Seine-St-Denis, on 12 February 1782. His parents were Gaspard de Schonen, major of the 4th regiment of the army staff and a knight of Saint-Louis, and Marie Louise de Salis. He studied law.
In 1811 he was named Judge Auditor at the imperial court of Paris. During the Hundred Days, when Napoleon returned from exile, he served as Advocate General.
After the second Bourbon Restoration de Schonen was demoted to assistant prosecutor. In 1819, despite having been a member of the Carbonari leadership, he was made a counselor at the royal court. In the exercise of his duties he showed liberal views and became popular with the constitutional party. On 19 May 1824 he married Claudine Thérèse Geneviève Tircuy de Corcelle (1800-1882). They had one child, Etienne de Schonen (1832–1916).
De Schonen was elected deputy for the 5th arrondissement of Paris on 17 November 1827. He joined the ranks of the opposition, opposed the Ministry of Jules de Polignac and voted for the address of the 221.
De Schonen was reelected on 12 July 1830 and threw himself into the revolutionary cause. At the meeting of the protesters in the office of Le National he said it was no longer a question of debate but of action. He called for opposing violence with violence, repelling force by force. On 29 July 1830 the deputies who had remained in Paris met at Lafitte's house and named an interim Municipal Commission composed of Jacques Laffitte, Casimir Pierre Périer, Georges Mouton, Auguste de Schonen, Pierre-François Audry de Puyraveau and François Mauguin. General Lafayette was appointed commander of the National Guard. De Schonen and two other commissioners accompanied King Charles X of France to monitor his embarkation for England.
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