Jacques-Alphonse Mahul

Jacques-Alphonse Mahul
Born François-Antoine-Eugène de Planard
31 July 1795
Carcassonne (Aude)
Died 25 August 1871(1871-08-25) (aged 76)
Villardonnel (Aude)
Occupation Politician

Jacques-Alphonse Mahul (31 July 1795 - 25 August 1871) [1] was a French columnist and politician. A liberal activist, he was affiliated with the Carbonari, and was imprisoned for some time at La Force Prison. He participated in the editing of many liberal newspapers such as the Revue encyclopédique.

Biography

« Te deum à l'autel de la paix »
Drawing by Grandville published in La Caricature in November 1831
From left to right: The sparger, general Georges Mouton ; the deacon, general Jean-François Jacqueminot ; a president straddling regulation, Amédée Girod de l'Ain ; 1st carrier, Clément-François-Victor-Gabriel Prunelle ; 2nd carrier, François Benjamin Levrault ; a citizen, King Louis Philippe I, his face hidden by a book; the choir boys, Jean Vatout, Auguste Hilarion de Kératry, Alphonse-Marie-Marcellin-Thomas Bérenger, Antoine Gabriel Jars, Alphonse Jacques Mahul, Hippolyte Ganneron ; the subdeacon.

Jacques-Alphonse Mahul was Master of Requests at the Conseil d'État (1835), prefect of Haute-Loire (1835-1837), then of Vaucluse (1837-1840) and of Haute-Garonne (1841), general director of the police (1840). He was deputy of the Aude from 1831 to 1834 and from 1846 to 1848, serving in the majority supporting the July Monarchy.

Works

References

  1. Polybiblion, Paris, septembre 1871, vol.VI-15, p.202
  2. L'on peut lire une étude critique sur cet ouvrage dans : Sainte-Marie Mévil, Cartulaire et archives des communes de l'ancien diocèse et de l'arrondissement administratif de Carcassonne…, par Mahul, dans Bibliothèque de l'école des chartes, 1857, vol.18 , n°18, p.|280-284

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Bibliography

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