French statesman and writer, born in Rouen on the 3rd of August 1798. He was, at the beginning of his career, a correspondent of the London Globe, in company with Guizot. He entered French politics and took part with Casimir-Perier, against Molé, with Thiers, and against Guizot. He was banished in 1851 on account of his royalist tendencies, and upon his return within a few years, engaged in political writing. He was elected to the Senate in 1876, and was a member of the Academy. Among his writings are The Principles of Representative Government (1838) and History of Parliamentary Government in France (1873). He died in Paris on the 22nd of May 1881.
