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711 - VERSAILLES / JUSTICE / POLITICS – ERNEST de ROYER ( * ) – PH…
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VERSAILLES / JUSTICE / POLITICS – ERNEST de ROYER ( * ) – PHOTOGRAPH, circa 1860, seated portrait, full face – Work by DISDERI in Paris. Bromide mounted on card, visiting-card size, 9.5 x 6 cm. ( * ) Paul Henri Ernest de ROYER: born in Versailles on 29 October 1808, died in Paris on 13 December 1877. Studied in Marseille, and studied law in Grenoble and Paris. A lawyer, he entered the judiciary in 1832 – Minister of Justice under the Second Republic in 1851, then again under the Second Empire in 1857–1859 – Attorney General at the Court of Cassation 1853–1857 – Senator from 1859 to 1870 – First President of the Court of Auditors, President of the Marne General Council.
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