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ROGIER, CHARLES LATOUR (1800–1885)

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CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
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CHARLES LATOUR (1800–1885) , Belgian states-See also:

man, descended from a Belgian See also:

FAMILY

family settled in the See also:

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

department of the See also:

NORD

Nord in See also:

France, was See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at St Quentin on 17th See also:

AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1800. His See also:

FATHER

father, an officer in the See also:

French See also:

army, perished in the See also:

RUSSIAN

Russian See also:

CAMPAIGN

campaign of 1812; and the family moved to See also:

Liege, where the eldest son, Firmin, held a professorship. Charles, after being called to the See also:

Bar, founded, in collaboration with his lifelong See also:

friends, See also:

Paul Devaux and See also:

Joseph See also:

LEBEAU, JOSEPH (1794-1865)

Lebeau, the See also:

journal Mathieu Laensberg (afterwards Le Politique), which by its ardent patriotism and its attacks on the Dutch See also:

ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration soon acquired a widespread See also:

INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence. When the insurrection of 1830 See also:

broke out at See also:

BRUSSELS (Fr. Bruxelles, Flem. Brussel)

Brussels, Rogier put himself at the See also:

head of 15o Liegeois, and inscribing on his banner the See also:

MOTTO (an Italian word, from Late Lat. muttum, a low sound, a mutter or murmur, cf. mutere, to mutter; the Latin word also gives Fr. mot, word)

motto, " Vaincre ou mourir pour Bruxelles," he obtained arms from a See also:

LOCAL

local factory, and marched upon the See also:

capital. Here he took his See also:

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

place at once among the leaders of the revolutionary party. His influence saved the See also:

TOWN

town-See also:

hall from pillage on 19th See also:

SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September. On the 24th a See also:

COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission administrative was formed, of which Rogier became See also:

PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president. The energetic See also:

MEASURES

measures of this See also:

BODY

body and of its successor, the gouvernement provisoire, soon freed the greater See also:

PART

part of the See also:

COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country from the Dutch troops. Rogier was sent in See also:

OCTOBER

October to suppress an outbreak among the colliers of See also:

HAINAUT (Flem. Henegouwen, Ger. Hennegau)

Hainaut, and then as delegate of the provisional See also:

government to See also:

Antwerp, where the citadel still held out for See also:

Holland. He succeeded in arranging an See also:

ARMISTICE (from Lat. arma, arms, and sistere, to stop)

armistice, and then, in the exercise of the See also:

ABSOLUTE (Lat. absolvere, to loose, set free)

absolute See also:

POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power with which he was invested, reorganized the entire administration of the See also:

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

city. He sat for Liege in the See also:

NATIONAL

National See also:

CONGRESS (Lat. congressus, coming together, from congredi; cum, with, and gradus, step)

Congress, voted for the See also:

ESTABLISHMENT (0. Fr. establissement, Fr. etablissement, late Norm. Fr. establishement, from O. Fr. establir, Fr. etablir, Lat. stabilire, to make stable)

establishment of a hereditary See also:

MONARCHY (Fr. monarchic, from Lat. monarchia, Gr. uovapXia, rule of one, µbvos, alone, apXi7, rule)

monarchy, and induced the congress to adopt the principle of an elective second chamber. In the See also:

long-See also:

DRAWN

drawn debates on the bestowal of the See also:

CROWN

crown he ranged himself on the See also:

side of See also:

Louis Philippe: he first supported the candidature of See also:

OTTO

Otto of See also:

BAVARIA (Ger. Bayern)

Bavaria, and on his rejection declared for the duc de See also:

Nemours.

Finally, when Louis Philippe declined the crown on behalf of his son, Rogier voted with the See also:

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

majority for See also:

LEOPOLD (M.H. Ger. Liupolt; O.H. Ger. Liupald, from hut, Mod. Ger. Leute, " people," and paid, " bold," i.e. " bold for the people ")

Leopold of See also:

Saxe-See also:

COBURG

Coburg. In See also:

JUNE

June 1831 he was appointed See also:

GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor of the See also:

province of Antwerp, a See also:

POST

post rendered exceptionally difficult by the continued presence of Dutch troops in the citadel. In October 1832 he was made See also:

MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister of the interior in the See also:

Goblet-Devaux See also:

CABINET

cabinet. In the following June he intervened in a See also:

QUARREL

quarrel in the chamber of deputies between Devaux and the Opposition See also:

LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader, See also:

ALEXANDRE, NOEL (NATALIS ALEXANDER) (1639-1724)

Alexandre Gendebien, claimed a See also:

prior right to give See also:

SATISFACTION (Lat. salisfacerc, to satisfy)

satisfaction, and fought a See also:

DUEL (Ital. duello, Lat. duellum—old form of bellum-from duo, two)

duel, in which he was severely wounded. During his See also:

TERM

term of 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 he carried, in the See also:

TEETH (O.E. Eel); plural of tooth, O.E. top)

teeth of violent opposition, a See also:

law that established in See also:

Belgium the first See also:

RAILWAYS

railways on the See also:

CONTINENT (from Lat. continere, "to hold together "; hence " connected," " continuous ")

continent of See also:

EUROPE

Europe, and thus laid the See also:

FOUNDATION (Lat. fundatio, from fundare, to found)

foundation of her See also:

INDUSTRIAL

industrial development. Owing to dissensions in the cabinet, he retired in 1834, together with Lebeau, and resumed the governorship of Antwerp. On Lebeau's return to power in 1840, Rogier became minister of public See also:

WORKS

works and See also:

EDUCATION

education. The proposals that he made in the latter capacity were defeated by the determined opposition of the Clerical party, and on the resignation of the See also:

MINISTRY

ministry in 1841, Rogier gave his support to a See also:

COMPROMISE (pronounced compromize; through Fr. from Lat. compromittere)

compromise on the subject of education, which passed into law in 1842. He led the Liberal party in Opposition till 1847, when he formed a cabinet in which he held the ministry of the interior. He at once embarked on a See also:

PROGRAMME, or PROGRAM

programme of See also:

POLITICAL

political and economic reform. He took effective steps to remedy the industrial See also:

DISTRESS

distress caused by the decay of the Flemish See also:

LINEN

linen See also:

trade. The limits of the See also:

FRANCHISE (from 0. Fr. franchise, freedom, franc, free)

franchise were extended; and as the result of the liberal policy of the government Belgium alone escaped the revolutionary See also:

WAVE

wave that spread over the Continent in 1848.

He passed a law in 1850 organizing secondary education under the See also:

CONTROL (Fr. contrdle, older form contre rolle, from Med. Lat. contra-rotulus, a counter roll or copy of a document used to check the original; there is no instance in English of the use of " control " in this, its literal, meaning)

control of the See also:

State, and giving the See also:

clergy only the right of religious instruction. The Clerical party, though unable to defeat this measure, succeeded in shaking the position of the cabinet; and it was finally undermined, after See also:

Prince Louis See also:

NAPOLEON

Napoleon's coup d'etat of 1851, by the hostility of the French government, which found its political exiles welcomed by the liberal cabinet at Brussels. Rogier retired in October 1852, but was brought back into office by the liberal reaction of 1857. He again became president of the See also:

COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council arid minister of the interior in a cabinet of which See also:

Frere-Orban was the most conspicuous member. The first important measure passed by the ministry was one for the fortification of Antwerp. In 186o the fear of French designs on the See also:

independence of Belgium led to a See also:

MOVEMENT

movement of reconciliation with Holland, and inspired Rogier to write the only one of his numerous poems that is likely to survive, his national See also:

ANTHEM

anthem, " La Nouvelle Brabanconne." Some of the ministers resigning in 1861, on the question of recognizing the See also:

KINGDOM

kingdom of See also:

Italy, the cabinet was reconstructed, and Rogier exchanged the ministry of the interior for that of See also:

FOREIGN

foreign affairs. In this capacity he achieved a See also:

DIPLOMATIC

diplomatic See also:

TRIUMPH (triumphus)

triumph in freeing the See also:

NAVIGATION (from Lat. navis, ship, and agere, to move)

navigation of the See also:

SCHELDT (Fr. Escaut, Flem. Schelde)

Scheldt, and thus enabling Antwerp to become the second See also:

PORT

port on the mainland of Europe. Defeated at See also:

DINANT

Dinant, he sat for See also:

TOURNAI (Flemish Doornik)

Tournai from 1863 till his See also:

DEATH

death. His younger and more energetic colleague, Frere-Orban, gradually over-shadowed his See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief, and in 1868 Rogier finally retired from power. He continued, however, to take part in public See also:

LIFE

life, and was elected president of the extraordinary session of the chamber of representatives in 1878. From this See also:

time his See also:

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

age, his devoted patriotism and the unassuming simplicity of his life made him the idol of all classes. The fiftieth anniversary of the kingdom of Belgium in 188o, and two years later that of his entry into See also:

PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament, were the occasion of demonstrations in his See also:

HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour.

He died at Brussels on the 27th of May 1885, and his remains were accorded a public funeral. See T. Juste, Charles Rogier, 1800-1885, d'apres See also:

des documents inedits (See also:

VERVIERS

Verviers, 1885).

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