Ange-Élisabeth-Louis-Antoine Bonnier d'Alco (1750 in

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28 April 1799) was a

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during the French Revolution. A representative of

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in the Legislative Assembly and of the

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, he generally voted with the majority. Bonnier voted for the execution of

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. He was a friend of

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and therefore was entrusted with various diplomatic missions, including to

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to negotiate with Lord Malmesbury in October 1797 and to

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in 1799 to negotiate with the congress. Negotiations at the latter went slowly and on 28 April, Bonnier, and

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were attacked by Hungarian

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s as they left the town, probably in an attempt to steal their papers. Debry was wounded, but Bonnier and Roberjot were killed.Auguste Chalamel, Désiré Lacroix: ''Album du Centenaire, les Grands hommes et les grands faits de la Révolution Française (1789–1804)''

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