André-Charles_Brottier

André-Charles Brottier

André-Charles Brottier

French royalist (1751–1798)

André-Charles Brottier (1751–1798), was a French royalist who sought the violent overthrow of the Directory.[1]

He was born to wealthy parents in town of Tannay, Nièvre in 1751. He left the town following a fire which destroyed most of his father's property.[2] In 1794 he was recruited into the "Paris Agency" - an organisation set up by Spanish ambassador, Fernan Nunes, to provide intelligence for his government. It was subsequently taken over by the Comte d'Antraigues.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    Failed Consolidation[permanent dead link] accessed 29 December 2011
  2. [2]
    Exposé de la conduite et des principes d'A. C. Brotier : lu à la séance du Conseil de guerre permanent de la dix-septième division militaire, le 12 germinal an 5 (premier avril 1797) accessed 11 January 2012
  3. [3]
    Friends and Enemies by Christopher John Gibbs, accessed 1 January 2012
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