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He was born at Bordeaux. In 1798 he became secretary to Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès; then, after serving for a while in the army, he turned to literature, producing several light plays. Under the Empire he practised with success as an advocate at Bordeaux, where in 1818 he became advocate-general of the cour royale. In 1819 he was appointed procureur-géneral at Limoges, and in 1821 was returned for Marmande to the Chamber of Deputies, where he supported the policy of Villele. In 1822 he was appointed councillor of state, in 1823 he accompanied the duc d'Angouléme to SpainThe Kingdom of Spain is a country located in the southwest of Europe. It shares the Iberian Peninsula with Portugal, Gibraltar and Andorra. To the northeast, along the Pyrenees mountain range, it borders France and the tiny principality of Andorra. It inc as civil commissary; in 1824Events January 22 Ashantis crush British forces in the Gold Coast Cimetiere du Montparnasse established The Dutch sign the Masang Agreement temporarily ending hostilities in the Padri War March 17 signing of the Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824. March 11 The Un he was created a viscount and appointed director-general of registration.

In contact with practical politics his ultra-royalist views were gradually modified in the direction of the Doctrinaires , and on the fall of Villèle he was selected by Charles XCharles X ( October 9 1757 November 6 1836) was born at the Palace of Versailles. He was the grandson of Louis XV and his Polish queen, Marie Leszczynska and son of Louis (the uncrowned dauphin) and his German wife, Maria-Josefa of Saxe. He was crowned Ki to carry out the new policy of compromise. On the January 4January 4 is the 4th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. There are 361 days remaining (362 in leap years). Events 871 Battle of Reading Ethelred of Wessex defeats Danish invasion army 1493 Christopher Columbus leaves the New World, ending his first 1828Events January 4 The Vicomte de Martignac succeeds the Comte de Villele as Prime Minister of France. January 22 The Duke of Wellington succeeds Lord Goderich as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He repeals the Test Act, emancipating all Catholics, and he was appointed minister of the interior, and, though not bearing the title of president, became the virtual head of the cabinet. He succeeded in passing the act abolishing the press censorshipIn ancient Rome, censorship was the office or function of a censor. This article is about controls over publication and discussion. Censorship is the use of state or group power to control freedom of expression. Censorship 'criminalizes' certain actions o, and in persuading the king to sign the ordinances of June 16June 16 is the 167th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (168th in leap years), with 198 days remaining. Events 1487 Battle of Stoke Field, the last dying breath of the Wars of the Roses 1586 Mary Queen of Scots recognizes Philip II of Spain as her 1828 on the Jesuits and the little seminaries.

He was exposed to attack from both the extreme Left and the extreme Right, and when in April 1829 a coalition of these groups defeated him in the chamber, Charles X, who had never believed in the policy he represented, replaced him by the prince de Polignac. In March 1830 Martignac voted with the majority for the address protesting against the famous ordinances; but during the revolution that followed he remained true to his legitimis principles. His last public appearance was in defence of Polignac in the Chamber of Peers in December 1830.

Martignac published Bordeaux au mois de Mars 1815 (Paris, 1830), and an Essai historique sur les revolutions d'Espagne et I'intervention française de 1823 (Paris, 1832). See also Ernest Daudet, Le Ministere de M. de Martignac (Paris, 1875).

This article incorporates text from the public domain 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica. 1911 Britannica