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FRANCE. 



This recommendation was acted upon in Octo- 

 ber, 1871. In July, 1871, he was elected to 

 the National Assembly from the department 

 of Tarn. He was a member of the Left. He 

 has been made a commander of the Legion of 

 Honor. 



KOLB-BEBNAED, OHAELES Louis HENEI, was 

 born January 16, 1798, at Dunkirk. He was 

 elected to the Legislative Assembly in 1849, 

 to the Corps Legislatif in 1859, and was re- 

 elected in 1863 and 1869. In 1871 he was 

 elected to the National Assembly from the de- 

 partment of Nord. He was a member of the 

 Eight. 



KEANTZ, JEAN BAPTISTE SEBASTIEN, was 

 born January 17, 1817. He has attained great 

 eminence as engineer. He built the Palace of 

 the Exhibition in 1867, and distinguished him- 

 self at the siege of Paris by his labors for the 

 fortification of that city. In February, 1871, 

 he received a nomination for the Assembly, 

 and was defeated; but at the supplementary 

 election, held in July of the same year, he was 

 elected from the department of the Seine. He 

 has voted with the Left Centre. 



LABOTJLAYE, EDOUABD RENE LEFEBVEE, was 

 born January 18, 1811, at Paris. In 1863 he 

 was a candidate for the Assembly from the de- 

 partment of the Seine, but was defeated, as 

 also in 1866, in the department of Bas-Rhin, 

 and in 1869, in Seine-et-Oise. In 1870 he was 

 a member of the investigating committee on 

 the administrative organization of the city of 

 Paris, and in 1871 he was elected to the Assem- 

 bly from the department of the Seine. He is also 

 distinguished as a lawyer, and has published 

 numerous works, the most important of which 

 are " Histoire du Droit de Propriet6 fonciere en 

 Europe depuis Constantin jusqu'a nos Jours" 

 (1839), "Essai sur la Vie et les Doctrines de 

 Frederic Charles de Savigny" (1842), "His- 

 toire politique des Etats-TJnis, depuis les pre- 

 miers Essais de Colonisation jusqu'a 1' Adoption 

 de la Constitution federate " (3 vols., 1855-'66), 

 "Les Etats-Unis et la France" (1862), and 

 "Etudes stir 1'Esclavage aux Etats-Unis " 

 (1855). 



LAFAYETTE, OSCAE THOMAS GILBERT DTI 

 MOTIEE DE, a grandson of General Lafayette, 

 was born in 1816, in Paris. In 1835 he was 

 appointed an artillery officer, and as such took 

 part in several campaigns in Algeria, where he 

 became a captain, and obtained the decoration 

 of the Legion of Honor in 1841. In 1848 he 

 was appointed commissary-general in Seine-et- 

 Marne by the Provisional Government, which 

 department soon after elected him to the As- 

 sembly. After the coup d'etat he resigned. 

 In 1871 he was again elected to the Assembly 

 from Seine-et-Marne. 



LANFEEY, PIEEEE, was born in 1828, at 

 Chamb6ry. After the Revolution of September 

 4, 1870, he was one of the first to demand an 

 immediate election. In 1871 he was elected to 

 the Assembly from the department of Bouches- 

 du-Rh6ne. On October 9, 1871, he was ap- 



pointed minister plenipotentiary to Switzerland. 

 He has also distinguished himself as an histor- 

 ical writer. Among his best known works are 

 " L'Eglise et les Philosophes du XVIII* Siecle," 

 "L'Histoire politique des Papes" (1860), and 

 "Histoire de Napoleon I" (4 vols., 1867-'70; 

 sixth edition, 1872). 



LA ROCHETTE,* EENEST DE, was born in 1804. 

 In 1848 he was elected to the Assembly. Owing 

 to his strong royalistic tendencies, he took no 

 part in public affairs during the Empire. In 

 1871 he was again elected to the Assembly 

 from the department of Loire-Inf6rieure. He 

 is president of the group of the "Chevaux- 

 16gers," is in correspondence with the Count 

 of Chambord, inspires in his name the royalist 

 paper Union, and is known for the hatred he 

 bears for everybody and everything connected 

 with the Orleanists. 



LASTEYEIE, ADEIEN JULES, Marquis de, was 

 born October 31, 1810. He is a grandson of 

 General de Lafayette, and a brother-in-law of 

 M. de Remusat. At an early age he entered 

 the service of Dom Pedro, and took part in the 

 expedition which expelled Dom Miguel from 

 Portugal. In 1842 he was elected to the Cham- 

 ber of Deputies, where he voted with the Left 

 Centre ; in 1848, being elected to the Assembly, 

 he took a hostile attitude to the republic and 

 to the President. Owing to his continued op- 

 position to Napoleon, he was banished in 1852, 

 but was included in the amnesty promulgated 

 on the 7th of August of the same year. In 

 1871 he was elected to the Assembly from the 

 department of Seine-et-Marne. 



LAUEENT-PICHAT, LEON, was born at Paris, 

 July 12, 1823. In his youth he became ac- 

 quainted with Victor Hugo, who fostered the 

 talent the young man showed for literature. 

 In 1854 he became the editor and proprietor 

 of the Hevue de Paris, which was suppressed 

 in 1858. He has written numerous poems, 

 novels, etc., which have been generally well 

 received. In 1871 he was elected to the As- 

 sembly from the department of the Seine. 



LAVEEGNE, Louis GABEIEL LEONCE GILHAUD, 

 was born January 24, 1809, at Bergerac. He 

 entered the Council of State in 1842, as refer- 

 endary, became soon after sub-director of the 

 Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and in 1846 was 

 elected to the Chamber of Deputies. In 1848 

 he retired to private life. In 1871 he was 

 elected to the Assembly from the department 

 of Creuse. He is the leader of a small sec- 

 tion of the Left Centre, called after him the 

 " Groupe Lavergne." 



LEPETIT, M., dean of the Law School of Poi- 

 tiers, is an experienced and able jurist He 

 was elected to the Assembly from the depart- 

 ment of Vienne, and is an adherent of M. 

 Thiers. 



LE ROYEE, ELIE, born in Geneva, of French 

 parents, in 1816, was appointed Attorney-Gen- 

 eral of Lyons in 1870, and in 1871 was elected 



* M. de La Eochette died January 20, 1876. 



