Alexandre-Théodore-Victor, comte de Lameth (October 20, 1760 - March 18, 1829), was a French soldier and politician. October 20 is the 293rd day of the year (294th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 72 days remaining. ... 1760 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... March 18 is the 77th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (78th in leap years). ... 1829 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... A politician is an individual involved in politics. ...

He was born in Paris. Having served in the American War of Independence under Rochambeau, he was sent in 1789 as deputy to the States-General by the nobles of the bailliage of Péronne. In the Constituent Assembly he formed with Barnave and Adrien Duport a "Triumvirate," which controlled a group of about forty deputies forming the advanced left of the Assembly. He presented a famous report in the Constituent Assembly on the organization of the army, but is better known by his eloquent speech on February 28, 1791, at the Jacobin Club, against Honoré Mirabeau, whose relations with the court were beginning to be suspected, and who was a personal enemy of Lameth. However, after the flight of Louis XVI to Varennes, Lameth became reconciled with the court. He served in the army as maréchal-de-camp under Nicolas Luckner and the Marquis de la Fayette, but was accused of treason on August 15, 1792, fled the country, and was imprisoned by the Austrians. The Eiffel Tower has become a symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... The American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), also known as the American War of Independence, was a war fought primarily between Great Britain and revolutionaries within thirteen of her North American colonies. ... Jean Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau (July 1, 1725 - May 10, 1807), French soldier, was born at Vend me (Loir-et-Cher). ... The word States-General, or Estates-General, refers in English to : the Etats-Généraux of France before the French Revolution the Staten-Generaal of the Netherlands. ... A bailiwick is the area of jurisdiction of a bailiff. ... A Constituent Assembly is a body elected with the express and limited purpose of drafting, and in some cases, adopting a constitution. ... Antoine Pierre Joseph Marie Barnave (October 22, 1761 - November 29, French politician, one of the greatest orators of the first French Revolution. ... Adrien Duport (1759 - 1798) was a French politician. ... February 28 is the 59th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1791 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... The Jacobin Club, the most famous of the political clubs of the French Revolution, had its origin in the Club Breton, which formed at Versailles shortly after the opening of the Estates General in 1789. ... Portrait of Mirabeau Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, Comte de Mirabeau, (often referred to simply as Mirabeau) ( March 9, 1749 - April 2, 1791) was a French writer, popular orator and statesman. ... Louis XVI Louis XVI (August 23, 1754 - January 21, 1793), was King of France and Navarre from 1774 until 1791, and then King of the French in 1791-1792. ... Varennes or Varennes-en-Argonne is a city in the French département of Meuse. ... Niklaus, Count Luckner ( 1722 - 1794), Marshal of France, originated in Cham in eastern Bavaria, and joined the French military in 1763. ... Marie-Joseph-Paul-Roch-Yves-Gilbert du Motier, marquis de La Fayette (September 6, 1757–May 20, 1834), was a French aristocrat most famous for his participation in the American Revolutionary War and early French Revolution. ... In law, treason is the crime of disloyalty to ones nation. ... August 15 is the 227th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (228th in leap years), with 138 days remaining. ... 1792 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...

After his release he went into business at Hamburg with his brother Charles and the duc d'Aiguillon, and did not return to France until the Consulate. Under the Empire he was made prefect successively in several departments, and in 1810 was created a baron. In 1814 he attached himself to the Bourbons, and under the Restoration was appointed prefect of Somme, deputy for Seine-Inférieure and finally deputy for Seine-et-Oise, in which capacity he was a leader of the Liberal opposition. He was the author of an important History of the Constituent Assembly (Paris, 2 vols., 1828-1829). Position of Hamburg in Germany Hamburgs central broadway Jungfernstieg at the Alster lake, between 1900 and 1914 This article is about the city in Germany. ... Armand, duke of Aiguillon (1750 - 4 May 1800) succeeded his father Emmanuel-Armand de Richelieu, duc dAiguillon. ... The Consulate marks a period of French constitutional history between 1799 and 1804 - from the fall of the Directory to the start of the Napoleonic Empire. ... The House of Bourbon dates from at least the beginning of the 13th century, when the estate of Bourbon was ruled by a Lord, vassal of France. ... Somme is a French département named after the Somme River. ... Seine-et-Oise was a département of France encompassing the western, northern, and southern parts of the metropolitan area of Paris. ...

He had two brothers, Théodore Lameth (1756-1854) who served in the American war, sat in the Legislative Assembly as deputy from the department of Jura, and became maréchal-de-camp; and Charles Malo François Lameth.

See FA Aulard, Les Orateurs de l'Assemblée Constituante (Paris, 1905); also M Tourneux, Bibliog. de l'histoire de Paris (vol. iv., 1906, s.v. “Lameth “). François Victor Alphonse Aulard (July 19, 1849 - October 23, 1928), was a French historian. ...

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• This entry incorporates public domain text originally from the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica.