32 Facts About Adolphe Vuitry

Adolphe Vuitry was governor of the Banque de France from 1863 to 1864, then Minister-President of the Conseil d'Etat from 1864 to 1869.

An ancestor named Pierre Vuitry is described as a farm worker from Machault, near to Vouziers.

Adolphe Vuitry's great-grandfather, Pierre Vuitry, was a tax collector and his grandfather was an advocate in Paris.

Adolphe's father Martin Vuitry was named Engineer of Sens in the Yonne department in 1810, where he married Amable Lousie Hardy in 1812.

Adolphe Vuitry's father pursued a political career from 1823, and was a liberal deputy under the July Monarchy.

Adolphe Vuitry studied at the lycee in Sens, the College Sainte-Barbe in Paris, and the Lycee Louis-le-Grand.

Adolphe Vuitry obtained the title of Doctor of Law in 1838.

Adolphe Vuitry began work in the office of the barrister Jean-Baptiste Teste.

Adolphe Vuitry did not plead many cases, and soon left the court to join the administration.

Adolphe Vuitry was named head of the first section of the Department of Religious Affairs in 1841, and was promoted to deputy director in 1844.

Adolphe Vuitry resigned in 1846 to join the Council of State, where he was attached to the litigation section.

Adolphe Vuitry held this post through the February Revolution of 1848, protected by Achille Fould.

From 26 April 1851 to 26 October 1851 Adolphe Vuitry was Deputy Secretary of State for Finance under Achille Fould.

Adolphe Vuitry participated in a committee that drafted the statutes of Credit Foncier de France.

On 25 January 1852 Adolphe Vuitry was appointed Councillor of State, Division of Finance.

Adolphe Vuitry was part of a minority that opposed the confiscation of the property of the House of Orleans, and would be suspected of Orleanism throughout his subsequent career.

Adolphe Vuitry was rapporteur on most bills related to finance, was signatory to the explanatory notes of the main financial laws from 1855 to 1863, defended the regime's budgets to the House and responded to questions on the budget from deputies.

Adolphe Vuitry was promoted to President of the Finance section on 24 June 1857.

Adolphe Vuitry was elected a member of the Academy of Moral and Political Sciences in 1862.

Adolphe Vuitry was appointed Governor of the Bank of France on 15 May 1863, replacing Charles Le Begue de Germiny.

On 28 September 1864 Adolphe Vuitry returned to the Council of State as Minister-President.

Adolphe Vuitry continued to defend the financial measures of the government in the House in face of violent attacks by opponents of the empire in 1864 and 1865.

Adolphe Vuitry resigned from the Council of State on 17 July 1869 in protest against the increasingly liberal policies of the regime.

Adolphe Vuitry was appointed to the Senate by decree on 21 July 1869.

Adolphe Vuitry was General Counsel of the Yonne department from 1852 to 1870.

Adolphe Vuitry served as a director of the Nationale insurance company.

Adolphe Vuitry spent his last years engaged in historical studies.

Adolphe Vuitry was made an Officer of the Legion of Honour in 1858 and a Commander in 1860.

Adolphe Vuitry was awarded the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour in 1867.

Adolphe Vuitry died in the priory of Saint-Donain in Marolles-sur-Seine in the department of Seine-et-Marne on 23 June 1885 aged 72.

Adolphe Vuitry was an indefatigable worker, and had a great store of knowledge.

Adolphe Vuitry disliked the passionate and emotional debates in the House, and was nervous when he had to speak there.