Jean Antoine Joseph Fauchet
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Jean Antoine Joseph Fauchet (1763 Saint-Quentin
- 1834) was a French diplomat, and French ambassador to the United States.
He studied law. When the French Revolution
broke out, he published pamphlets in praise of the event. He was a secretary in the Ministry of War, and then Executive Council.
He was appointed ambassador to the United States
, with orders to arrest Edmond-Charles Genêt
.
He wrote an essay about the Franco-American relations and America itself (translated by W. Duane, 1797).
He pressed the United States for repayment of the loans that had been made.
Some intercepted letters that he wrote, were used to embarrass Edmund Randolph
.
He supported Napoleon's coup d'etat, and was made a prefect of Var, and then Gironde
.
In 1805, he was made a baron. He was dismissed during the Bourbon Restoration
in 1814.
Saint-Quentin
Places called Saint-Quentin include:*Saint-Quentin, Aisne, Aisne, Picardie, France*Saint-Quentin, New Brunswick, Canada*Saint-Quentin Parish, New Brunswick, CanadaSaint-Quentin is part of the name of several places, including:...
- 1834) was a French diplomat, and French ambassador to the United States.
He studied law. When the French Revolution
French Revolution
The French Revolution , sometimes distinguished as the 'Great French Revolution' , was a period of radical social and political upheaval in France and Europe. The absolute monarchy that had ruled France for centuries collapsed in three years...
broke out, he published pamphlets in praise of the event. He was a secretary in the Ministry of War, and then Executive Council.
He was appointed ambassador to the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, with orders to arrest Edmond-Charles Genêt
Edmond-Charles Genêt
Edmond-Charles Genêt , also known as Citizen Genêt, was a French ambassador to the United States during the French Revolution.-Early life:Genêt was born in Versailles in 1763...
.
He wrote an essay about the Franco-American relations and America itself (translated by W. Duane, 1797).
He pressed the United States for repayment of the loans that had been made.
Some intercepted letters that he wrote, were used to embarrass Edmund Randolph
Edmund Randolph
Edmund Jennings Randolph was an American attorney, the seventh Governor of Virginia, the second Secretary of State, and the first United States Attorney General.-Biography:...
.
He supported Napoleon's coup d'etat, and was made a prefect of Var, and then Gironde
Gironde
For the Revolutionary party, see Girondists.Gironde is a common name for the Gironde estuary, where the mouths of the Garonne and Dordogne rivers merge, and for a department in the Aquitaine region situated in southwest France.-History:...
.
In 1805, he was made a baron. He was dismissed during the Bourbon Restoration
Bourbon Restoration
The Bourbon Restoration is the name given to the period following the successive events of the French Revolution , the end of the First Republic , and then the forcible end of the First French Empire under Napoleon – when a coalition of European powers restored by arms the monarchy to the...
in 1814.
Works
- Coup d'oeil rapide sur l'etat actuel de nos rapports politiques avec les Etats Unis d'Amerique septentrionale, 1797
External Links
- "Jean Antoine Joseph Fauchet", Papers of the War Department
- Fauchet, Jean Antoine Joseph > French minister to U.S., Papers of James Madison
- "Fauchet, Jean Antoine Joseph", The Papers of George Washington