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Casimir Pierre Perier

Casimir Perier
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Portrait of Casimir Perier by Louis Hersent (1827)
9th Prime Minister of France
In office
13 March 1831 – 16 May 1832
Monarch Louis Philippe I
Preceded by Jacques Laffitte
Succeeded by Jean-de-Dieu Soult
President of the Chamber of Deputies
In office
11 November 1830 – 31 May 1831
Monarch Louis Philippe I
Preceded by Jacques Laffitte
Succeeded by Amédée Girod de l'Ain
In office
6 August 1830 – 21 August 1830
Monarch Louis Philippe I
Preceded by Pierre Paul Royer-Collard
Succeeded by Jacques Laffitte
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
for Aube
In office
18 November 1827 – 16 May 1832
Preceded by Victor Alexandre Masson
Succeeded by Nicolas Vernier-Guérard
Constituency Troyes
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
for Seine
In office
21 September 1817 – 17 November 1827
Preceded by Élie Decazes
Succeeded by Nicolas Bavoux
Constituency Paris (3rd arrondissement)
Personal details
Born (1777-10-11)October 11, 1777
Grenoble, France
Died May 16, 1832(1832-05-16) (aged 54)
Paris, France
Political party Doctrinaires (1817–1830)
Resistance Party (1830–1832)
Spouse(s) Pauline Loyer (m. 1805; d. 1832)
Children Auguste
Paul
Education Oratory of Lyon
Profession Banker, industrialist
Religion Roman Catholicism

Casimir-Pierre Perier (11 October 1777 – 16 May 1832) was a prominent French banker, mine owner, political leader and statesman. In business, through his bank in Paris and ownership of the Anzin Coal Co. in the Department of Nord, he contributed significantly to the economic development of France in the early stages of industrialization. In politics, he was a leading liberal member of the Chamber of Deputies throughout the Bourbon Restoration and president of the chamber at the outset of the July Revolution of 1830. He led the liberal-conservative Resistance Party in support of the constitutional monarchy of Louis-Philippe I. He became president of the Council of Ministers and Minister of Interior in the spring of 1831 (13 March 1831 - 16 May 1832). Although his ministry was brief, his strong government succeeded in restoring order at home and keeping peace abroad. He fell victim to the cholera epidemic in France in 1832.

Born in Grenoble, Casimir Perier was the fourth of the eight sons of “Milord” Claude-Nicolas Perier (1742-1801), the rich merchant-manufacturer and banker who opened his Château de Vizille to the famous meeting of the Estates of Dauphiné (21 July 1788) foreshadowing the French Revolution. His mother was the former Marie-Charlotte Pascal (1749-1821), the daughter of a prominent linens manufacturer at nearby Voiron. Both his father and grandfather (Jacques Perier,1702–82) made their fortunes in the commerce of canvas and linen cloths. Claude added the manufacture of printed cotton cloths (Indiennes) at the Château de Vizille, which he purchased in 1780 from Gabriel Louis de Neufville, duc de Villeroy. The Revolution and Napoleon opened up new opportunities for families of the wealthy "bourgeoisie grenobloise" such as the Periers. Claude Perier shifted the center of his business affairs to Paris, where he took up residence beginning in 1794 (rue Saint-Honoré) and mingled with leading French financiers. In 1795 he invested in and became a director of the largest coal mining company in northern France, the Anzin Company; in 1796 he helped to found a major investment bank in Paris, the Caisse des Comtes Courants; and in 1799, shortly after Napoleon’s coup d’état of Brumaire, he became one of the founders and first directors of the famous Bank of France.


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