Claude Louis Petiet
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Claude Louis Petiet
was a Commissioner of war in 1778, elected to the Council of Elders in 1795, and was appointed Minister of War February 8, 1796. He was dismissed July 14, 1797 by the French Directory
of Paul Barras, Jean-François Reubell and Louis Marie de La Révellière-Lépeaux
.
Appointed to the State Council
by Napoleon Bonaparte, he became steward of the army camp at Boulogne in 1805 and senator in 1806.
Suspended by the representatives of the people and placed under arrest December 2, 1793, he returned to his post by the same representatives December 29, 1793.
Out of the legislature May 20, 1797, he was removed from his post as Minister of War July 23, 1797.
He died May 25, 1806 in his hotel, the current 8 Rue Monsieur in Paris 7th then 6 rue de Frejus.
Napoleon did make a grandiose funeral May 27, attended the Senate, and the principal dignitaries of the Empire. After the ceremony, which took place in the Church of Foreign Missions
Rue du Bac, his body was transported to the Pantheon
. His eulogy was delivered by the Gaspard Monge
, President of the Senate who traced his long career.
At the time of the coup d'état Fructidor, he warned his friends in the passage of Hoche's troops within the "constitutional radius" no troops should cross without the permission of the legislature. This leads to the arrest of the Executive to the rostrum of the Five Hundred, 30 Messidor by Delahaye. At the time of the coup d'état of 30 Messidor with Lucien Bonaparte, Jourdan and Augereau, he will ask for their resignation Larevelliere and Merlin.
In a letter dated October 17, 1799, to Caesar de la Tour-Maubourg, Lafayette wrote:
It is true that as minister of war, Petiet had signed the appointment of Bonaparte at the head of the army of Italy and Moreau to the head of the Rhine. In a note to General Regnier, Moreau says:
In her memoires, his son Augustine Petiet writes:
was a Commissioner of war in 1778, elected to the Council of Elders in 1795, and was appointed Minister of War February 8, 1796. He was dismissed July 14, 1797 by the French Directory
French Directory
The Directory was a body of five Directors that held executive power in France following the Convention and preceding the Consulate...
of Paul Barras, Jean-François Reubell and Louis Marie de La Révellière-Lépeaux
Louis Marie de La Révellière-Lépeaux
Louis Marie de La Révellière-Lépeaux was a French politician, member of the French DirectoryHe was born at Montaigu , the son of J. B. de la Révellière. He adopted the name Lépeaux from a small property belonging to his family, and he was known locally as M. de Lépeaux. He studied law at Angers...
.
Appointed to the State Council
State Council
State Council may refer to:In politics:* State Council of the Soviet Union, was the chief administrative authority of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics...
by Napoleon Bonaparte, he became steward of the army camp at Boulogne in 1805 and senator in 1806.
Service
- Constable in the company of Queen's October 20, 1766.
- Subdelegation general stewardship of Britain on 1 September 1775
- Commissioner of war (leased office September 30, 1778).
- Employed in Saint-MaloSaint-MaloSaint-Malo is a walled port city in Brittany in northwestern France on the English Channel. It is a sub-prefecture of the Ille-et-Vilaine.-Demographics:The population can increase to up to 200,000 in the summer tourist season...
December 26, 1778 Acting Administrator dated 25 June 1779 to August 1780. - Clerk Police Coast Guard Division of Brest, March 8, 1782.
- Employed at RennesRennesRennes is a city in the east of Brittany in northwestern France. Rennes is the capital of the region of Brittany, as well as the Ille-et-Vilaine department.-History:...
in 1788. - Attorney General Trustee of Ille-et-VilaineIlle-et-VilaineIlle-et-Vilaine is a department of France, located in the region of Brittany in the northwest of the country.- History :Ille-et-Vilaine is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790...
in June 1790. - Commissary, military chief judge of the 13th Division on 1 October 1791.
- Commissioner General of the Army of the Center March 31, 1792, passed in the same capacity with the army of the Ardennes on 1 October 1792. Returned to the 13th Division October 31, 1792.
- Employed at Lorient by representatives of the people in the West for supplying Lorient Belle-Ile, Port-Louis and Croix February 15, 1793.
- Authorizing the Chief of Army coast February 25, 1793.
- Authorizing the Chief of Brest and Côtes de Cherbourg on 1 May 1793. This service meets the 13th Division of the September 20, 1793.
Suspended by the representatives of the people and placed under arrest December 2, 1793, he returned to his post by the same representatives December 29, 1793.
- Authorizing the Chief of the Army of Sambre and Meuse April 15, 1795. Spent in that capacity in the army coast of Brest June 19, 1795.
- Member of the council of elders in October 1795.
- Member of Ille-et-VilaineIlle-et-VilaineIlle-et-Vilaine is a department of France, located in the region of Brittany in the northwest of the country.- History :Ille-et-Vilaine is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790...
and Côte-d'OrCôte-d'OrCôte-d'Or is a department in the eastern part of France.- History :Côte-d'Or is one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790. It was formed from part of the former province of Burgundy.- Geography :...
. - Minister of War February 8, 1796 (he signed the decree appointing General Bonaparte in command of the army of Italy).
Out of the legislature May 20, 1797, he was removed from his post as Minister of War July 23, 1797.
- Member of the Council of Five HundredCouncil of Five HundredThe Council of Five Hundred , or simply the Five Hundred was the lower house of the legislature of France during the period commonly known as the Directory , from 22 August 1795 until 9 November 1799, roughly the second half of the period generally referred to as the...
in 1799. - Head of the First Division in the Ministry of War November 12, 1799.
- State Councilor December 24, 1799.
- Chief Inspector journals February 7, 1800.
- On a mission in Geneva April 28, 1800 [1]
- Cisalpine Minister extraordinary in 1800, Chairman of the Extraordinary Commission of Government of the Cisalpine Republic (1800–1802) and President of the Consulta (1800–1802).
- State Councilor extraordinary service September 22, 1800; Replaced in the inspectorate September 19, 1801.
- Commissioner General of the six camps June 22, 1803.
- Chairman of the Electoral College of the Yonne February 25, 1805.
- Quartermaster General of the Grand Army August 29, 1805 (organizing the camp of Boulogne and the campaign of Austerlitz) [2].
- Senator, May 19, 1806.
He died May 25, 1806 in his hotel, the current 8 Rue Monsieur in Paris 7th then 6 rue de Frejus.
Napoleon did make a grandiose funeral May 27, attended the Senate, and the principal dignitaries of the Empire. After the ceremony, which took place in the Church of Foreign Missions
Paris Foreign Missions Society
The Society of Foreign Missions of Paris is a Roman Catholic missionary organization. It is not a religious order, but an organization of secular priests and lay persons dedicated to missionary work in foreign lands....
Rue du Bac, his body was transported to the Pantheon
Panthéon, Paris
The Panthéon is a building in the Latin Quarter in Paris. It was originally built as a church dedicated to St. Genevieve and to house the reliquary châsse containing her relics but, after many changes, now functions as a secular mausoleum containing the remains of distinguished French citizens...
. His eulogy was delivered by the Gaspard Monge
Gaspard Monge
Gaspard Monge, Comte de Péluse was a French mathematician, revolutionary, and was inventor of descriptive geometry. During the French Revolution, he was involved in the complete reorganization of the educational system, founding the École Polytechnique...
, President of the Senate who traced his long career.
Campaigns
- 1779, Cotes de Bretagne;
- 1792 military center and the Ardennes;
- 1793, 1794, 1795, Army Odds and Sambre and Meuse;
- 1805 Ulm and Austerlitz, Grand Army.
Decorations
- Knight of St. Louis April 15, 1792
- Member of the Legion of Honor October 20, 1803
- Commander June 14, 1804
- Grand Officer May 8, 1806.
Legacy
Fifty years after the death of the surveyor-general, February 13, 1854, Sainte-Beuve wrote in his Lectures on Monday:Amidst the scandals that characterize the administration of the Directory, the Ministry Petiet was an honorable exception. This minister, a good and deserving man, strove to keep proper accounts and after a fiscal year, he submitted the complete picture of its operations to the judgment of Legislative Council and the public; He did without hesitation and with sincerity
At the time of the coup d'état Fructidor, he warned his friends in the passage of Hoche's troops within the "constitutional radius" no troops should cross without the permission of the legislature. This leads to the arrest of the Executive to the rostrum of the Five Hundred, 30 Messidor by Delahaye. At the time of the coup d'état of 30 Messidor with Lucien Bonaparte, Jourdan and Augereau, he will ask for their resignation Larevelliere and Merlin.
In a letter dated October 17, 1799, to Caesar de la Tour-Maubourg, Lafayette wrote:
Petiet, a close friend of Moreau, requested to inform me that his friend did not ... the character out of the ordinary course and in a word, good for a head battle, it was not clean a company. It has caused yet fully with it and wait for news of this conversation.
It is true that as minister of war, Petiet had signed the appointment of Bonaparte at the head of the army of Italy and Moreau to the head of the Rhine. In a note to General Regnier, Moreau says:
Aubert de Bayet no longer minister of war, the commissioner who replaces Petiet. I know he is a man of great talent.
In her memoires, his son Augustine Petiet writes:
I delivered my dispatches to the Emperor asking for my name, I replied through my tears, remembering he had probably seen me at Austerlitz, Napoleon again point of the question he had posed. "Your father told me he was an honest man, he has done a lot for the state, he will live in history".