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<p> Advocate, born at Marseilles, of which he became town-clerk; came to [[Paris]] "a young Spartan," and became chief of the [[Girondins]] in the French Revolution; represented [[Marseilles]] in the Constituent [[Assembly]] and the Convention; joined the Rolands; sent "fire-eyed" message to Marseilles for six hundred men "who knew how to die"; held out against Marat and Robespierre; declared an enemy of the people, had to flee; mistook a company approaching for Jacobins, drew his pistol and shot himself, but the shot miscarried; was captured and guillotined (1767-1794). </p> | <p> Advocate, born at Marseilles, of which he became town-clerk; came to [[Paris]] "a young Spartan," and became chief of the [[Girondins]] in the French Revolution; represented [[Marseilles]] in the Constituent [[Assembly]] and the Convention; joined the Rolands; sent "fire-eyed" message to Marseilles for six hundred men "who knew how to die"; held out against Marat and Robespierre; declared an enemy of the people, had to flee; mistook a company approaching for Jacobins, drew his pistol and shot himself, but the shot miscarried; was captured and guillotined (1767-1794). </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_68617"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/barbaroux,+charles Charles Barbaroux from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | <ref name="term_68617"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/barbaroux,+charles Charles Barbaroux from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 16:52, 15 October 2021
Charles Barbaroux [1]
Advocate, born at Marseilles, of which he became town-clerk; came to Paris "a young Spartan," and became chief of the Girondins in the French Revolution; represented Marseilles in the Constituent Assembly and the Convention; joined the Rolands; sent "fire-eyed" message to Marseilles for six hundred men "who knew how to die"; held out against Marat and Robespierre; declared an enemy of the people, had to flee; mistook a company approaching for Jacobins, drew his pistol and shot himself, but the shot miscarried; was captured and guillotined (1767-1794).
