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Hippolyte Passy

Hippolyte Passy

French cavalry officer, economist and politician

Hippolyte Philibert Passy (15 October 1793 – 1 June 1880)[1] was a French cavalry officer, economist and politician.

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Early life

Passy was born into a aristocratic Catholic family.[2]: 41  His father, Louis François Passy,[3]: 5  was recevuer general des finances (Receiver General of Finance), an important office in the Ancien Régime.[4]: 222  His mother was Jaquette Pauline Hélène d’Aure.[5] Her brother, the Count d'Aure, was a riding master who fought for France in Egypt and Saint-Domingue.[2]: 35 

One of his brothers, Justin Félix, was a soldier and the father of Nobel Peace Prize winner Frédéric Passy.[2]: 35  Another brother, Antoine François, was a botanist and geologist.[6]: 10 

Military career

In 1809, Passy joined the Cavalry School in Saumur.[7] He joined the French military in 1812,[7] and took part in Napoleon's Russian campaign.[2]: 35  After leaving the military, Passy was a journalist until 1830.[7]

Political career

In October 1830, he was elected Deputy for Louviers.[7][1] After joining the Moderate Liberals, he served as reporter on the 1831 and 1835 Budgets.[7]

Passy held various ministerial positions in the July Monarchy and the French Second Republic.[2]: 35  He served as Minister of Finance on several occasions:

  • 10 November 1834 – 18 November 1834[8]: 113 
  • 2 August 1836 – 6 September 1836 (acting)[8]: 113 
  • 12 May 1839 – 29 February 1840[8]: 114 

From 1835 to 1839, he was Vice-President of the Chamber.[7] During this time, he also served as Minister of Commerce from 22 February 1836 until 5 September 1836.[8]: 131  From 16 April 1839 until 12 May 1839, he was President of the Chamber of Deputies.[1]

In 1843, Passy joined the Chamber of Peers.[9] He became Minister of Finance again during the 1849 Presidency of Napoleon III, and retired from politics after the 1851 coup d'état.[7]

In 1878, he was president of the International Congress on Provident Societies, a group dedicated to discussing economics and finance.[10]

Personal life

Passy married Claire Fourmont-Tournay, the daughter of Gisors's mayor, Eustache Fourmont-Tournay.[11]: 255  They had a son, Edgar, who worked in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs as an embassy secretary.[12] He was a member of the Société de l'histoire de France, nominated by Jules Desnoyers and his uncle Antoine.[12]

Both Passy and his brother Antoine were lifelong friends of Hortense Allart, the Italian-French writer.[6]: 10  They met while visiting Regnaud de Saint-Jean d'Angély's widow near Paris.[6]: 241  The brothers were helpful in helping Allart's husband become a local government architect.[6]: 179 

Selected works

  • Des causes de l'inégalité des richesses. Paris: Pagnerre. 1848.
  • Des formes de gouvernement et des lois qui les régissent. Paris: Librairie Guillaumin et cie. 1876.

References

  1. [1]
    "Hippolyte, Philibert Passy - Base de données des députés français depuis 1789 - Assemblée nationale". www2.assemblee-nationale.fr. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
  2. [2]
    Clinton, Michael. "Frédéric Passy: Patriotic Pacifist" (PDF). Journal of Historical Biography. 2 (1). University of the Fraser Valley. ISSN 1911-8538. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
  3. [3]
    "Mémoires de la Société historique et archéologique de l'arrondissement de Pontoise et du Vexin". Société Historique et Archéologique de Pontoise, du Val-d'Oise et du Vexin. 1916.
  4. [4]
    Garrioch, David (1996). The Formation of the Parisian Bourgeoisie, 1690-1830. Harvard University Press. ISBN 9780674309371. Retrieved 18 October 2019.
  5. [5]
    "PASSY Antoine François | Cour des comptes". www.ccomptes.fr (in French). Retrieved 2 November 2019.
  6. [6]
    Hansen, Helynne Hollstein (1998). Hortense Allart: The Woman and the Novelist. University Press of America. ISBN 9780761812135. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
  7. [7]
    "Obituary". The Times. No. 29898. 3 June 1880. p. 8.
  8. [8]
    France, Société de l'Histoire de (1842). Annuaire historique pour l'année 1843 (in French). Paris: Renouard. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
  9. [9]
    "The Paris papers of Sunday". The Times. No. 18483. 19 December 1843. p. 4.
  10. [10]
    "Latest Intelligence". The Times. No. 29293. 28 June 1878. p. 5.
  11. [11]
    Hersan, P. F. D. (1858). Histoire de la ville de Gisors (in French). Gisors: Lapierre. Retrieved 20 November 2019.
  12. [12]
    Société de l'histoire de France, Volume 145 (in French). Paris: Jules Renouard. 1868. p. 33. Retrieved 7 December 2019.
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