Charles-François Delacroix (Givry-en-Argonne

Givry-en-Argonne

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 1741-Bordeaux

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 1805) was a secretary to Turgot

Anne Robert Jacques Turgot, Baron de Laune

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, a deputy to the National Convention

National Convention

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 and a French Minister of Foreign Affairs

Minister of Foreign Affairs (France)

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 between 3 November, 1795 and 15 July 1797. In 1799, he became the first prefect in the Bouches-du-Rhône

Bouches-du-Rhône

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 and in 1803 in the Gironde

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.

Delacroix interrogated George Danton, who was accused in 1793 in Belgium. He is supposed to be the father of the painter Eugène Delacroix

Eugène Delacroix

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, but the wagging tongues of Paris had it that the unfortunate ex-minister had been succeeded in his bed by the man who had succeeded him at his desk, Maurice de Talleyrand.

On 13 September 1797, the surgeon Imbert-Delonnes removed a "monstrous tumor" of twenty-eight pounds, in which were tangled "the most delecate masculine organs", a tumor that apparently rendered him impotent. What ever the truth, it seems certain that Charles was sent away to the Hague to avoid the gossip (...).

On 2 December, 1797 he became a special envoy (ambassador) to the Batavian Republic

Batavian Republic

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 and in January 1798 he advised Herman Willem Daendels

Herman Willem Daendels

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 in his coup d'état against a group of federalists in the Dutch National Convention

National Convention

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. Pieter Vreede

Pieter Vreede

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 and Wybo Fijnje

Wybo Fijnje

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came to power on 25 January 1798. They were dissatisfied with the conservative-moderate majority in the parliament, which tried to prevent a centralistic constitution.

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• http://www.recherche.fr/encyclopedie/Proc%C3%A8s_de_Georges_Danton_et_des_dantonistes
• http://www.ebabylone.com/encyclopedie_Charles-Fran%C3%A7ois_Delacroix.html