Narcisse-Achille de Salvandy (; 11 June 1795 – 16 December 1856) was a French

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. He was born at

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of a poor family of Irish extraction. He joined the army in 1813, and in the following year joined the household troops of

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. His patriotic pamphlet on ''La Coalition et la France'' (1816) attracted the attention of Elie, Comte Decazes, who employed him to disseminate his views in the press, and he waged war against the Jean-Baptiste, Comte de Villèle ministry of 1822–1828. Under the July monarchy he sat almost continuously in the Chamber of Deputies from 1830 till 1848, remaining steadfast to his Moderate Liberal principles. Minister of education in

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's cabinet of 1837–1839, and again in 1845, he superintended the reconstitution of the Council of Education, the foundation of the

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and the restoration of the École des Chartes. For short periods in 1841 and 1843 he was ambassador at

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and at

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, and became a member of the Académie française, the twelfth occupant of seat 1, in 1835. Under the

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he took no part in public affairs, and died at Graveron ( Eure).

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Salvandy, Narcisse-Achille De 1795 births 1856 deaths People from Gers Members of the Académie Française Grand Croix of the Légion d'honneur French people of Irish descent