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BARRAS, PAUL FRANCOIS NICOLAS, COMTE DE (1755-1829)

BARRAS, See also:
PAUL
PAUL (PAULUS)
PAUL See also:
FRANCOIS (1558-1614)
FRANCOIS See also:
NICOLAS
NICOLAS, SIR NICHOLAS HARRIS (1799–1848)
NICOLAS, See also:
COMTE, AUGUSTE [ISIDORE AUGUSTE MARIE FRANCOIS XAVIER] (1798-1857)
COMTE DE (1755-1829) , member of the See also:

French See also:

DIRECTORY

Directory of 1795-1799, was descended from a See also:

NOBLE, SIR ANDREW (1832- )

noble See also:

FAMILY

family of See also:

PROVENCE (Provincia, Proenza)

Provence, and was See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

Fox-Amphoux. At the See also:

AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of sixteen he entered the See also:

REGIMENT (from Late Latin regimentum, rule, regere, to rule, govern, direct)

regiment of See also:

LANGUEDOC

Languedoc as "See also:

GENTLEMAN (from Lat. gentilis, " belonging to a race or gens," and " man "; Fr. gentilhomme, Span. gentil hombre, Ital. gentil huomo, in its original and strict signification, a term denoting a man of good family, the Lat. generosus (its invariable transl

gentleman See also:

CADET (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. capitettum, a diminutive of caput, head, through the Provencal form capdet)

cadet," but embarked for See also:

India in 1776. After an adventurous voyage he reached See also:

PONDICHERRY

Pondicherry and shared in the See also:

defence of that See also:

CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city, which ended in its See also:

CAPITULATION (Lat. capitulum, a little head or division; capitulare, to treat upon terms)

capitulation to the See also:

BRITISH

British on the 18th of See also:

OCTOBER

October 1778. The See also:

garrison being released, Barras returned to See also:

France. After taking See also:

PART

part in a second expedition to the See also:

East Indies in 1782-1783, he See also:

LEFT

left the See also:

army and occupied the following years with the frivolities See also:

con-genial to his class and to his nature. At the outbreak of the Revolution in 1789, he espoused the democratic cause, and became one of the administrators of the See also:

DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department of the See also:

Var. In See also:

JUNE

June 1792 he took his seat in the high See also:

NATIONAL

national See also:

court at See also:

Orleans; and later in that See also:

YEAR

year, on the outbreak of See also:

war with the See also:

KINGDOM

kingdom of See also:

SARDINIA (Gr. 'IXs'o"uva, from a fancied resemblance to a footprint in its shape, Ital. Sardegna)

Sardinia, he became See also:

COMMISSIONER

commissioner to the French army of See also:

Italy, and entered the See also:

Convention (the third of the national assemblies of France) as a See also:

DEPUTY (through the Fr. from a Late Lat. use of deputare, to cut off, allot; putare having the original sense of to trim, prune)

deputy for the department of the Var. In See also:

JANUARY

January 1793 he voted with the See also:

MAJORITY (Fr. majorite; Med. Lat. majoritas; Lat. major, greater)

majority for the See also:

DEATH

death of See also:

Louis XVI. Much of his See also:

time, however, was spent in See also:

MISSIONS (Lat. missio, a sending)

missions to the districts of the See also:

south-east of France; and in this way he made the acquaintance of See also:

BONAPARTE

Bonaparte at the See also:

SIEGE (0. Fr. sege, siege, mod. siege, seat, ultimately from sedere, to sit, cf. Class. Lat. obsidium, a siege)

siege of See also:

TOULON

Toulon. As an example of the incorrectness of the Barras See also:

MEMOIRS

Memoirs we may See also:

note that the writer assigned 30,000 men to the royalist defending force, whereas it was less than 12,000; he also sought to minimize the See also:

SHARE (O. Eng. scearu, chiefly in compounds, e.g. land-scearu, a share of land, from sceran to cut; cf. " shear" )

share taken by Bonaparte in the See also:

CAPTURE (from Lat. capere, to take; Fr. prise maritime; Ger. Wegnahme)

capture of that city. In 1794 Barras sided with the men who sought to overthrow the See also:

ROBESPIERRE, MAXIMILIEN FRANCOIS MARIE ISIDORE DE (175$-1794)

Robespierre See also:

FACTION (through the French, from Lat. factio, a company of persons combined for action, facere, to do; from the other French derivative facon comes " fashion ")

faction, and their success in the coup d' tat of 9 See also:

THERMIDOR (from Gr. BEpµrt, heat, and & pov, gift)

Thermidor (27th of See also:

JULY

July) brought him almost to the front See also:

RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank. In the next year, when the Convention was threatened by the malcontent National See also:

GUARDS, AND HOUSEHOLD TROOPS

Guards of See also:

Paris, it appointed Barras to command the troops engaged in its defence.

His nomination of Bonaparte as one of his subalterns led to the See also:

ADOPTION (Lat. adoptio, for adoptalio, from adoptare, to choose for oneself)

adoption of vigorous See also:

MEASURES

measures, which ensured the See also:

dispersion of the royalists and attack on See also:

Pitt, of whom, however, he became ultimately a devoted adherent. A vigorous opponent of the See also:

taxation of See also:

AMERICA

America, his mastery of invective was powerfully displayed in his championship of the See also:

AMERICAN

American cause, and the name " Sons of See also:

LIBERTY (Lat. libertas, from liber, free)

Liberty," which he had applied to the colonists in one of his speeches, became a See also:

COMMON

common designation of the American organizations directed against the See also:

STAMP (from " to stamp," to strike or tread heavily, hence to impress, O. Eng. stempen, Du. stampen, Ger. stampfen, whence, O. Fr. estamper, mod. etamper)

Stamp See also:

ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

Act, as well as of later patriotic clubs. His See also:

APPOINTMENT, POWER OF

appointment in 1782 to the treasurership of the See also:

NAVY

navy, which carried with it a See also:

PENSION (Lat. pensio, a payment, from pendere, to weigh, to pay)

pension of £3200 a year, at a time when the See also:

government was ostensibly advocating See also:

ECONOMY

economy, caused See also:

GREAT

great discontent; subsequently, however, he received from the younger Pitt the clerkship of the pells in See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of the pension, which thus was saved to the public. Becoming See also:

BLIND, MATHILDE (1841—1896)

blind, he retired from See also:

OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office in 1790 and died on the loth of July 1802.

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