Orléanist duke who led the Moral Order cabinets under MacMahon and the cabinet of the 16 May 1877 crisis
Born in Paris in 1821, the eldest son of Victor, duc de Broglie, and a grandson of Madame de Staël, he served as a diplomat before leaving public life after the revolution of 1848 to write history, and was elected to the Académie française in 1862. In 1871 he was elected to the National Assembly for the Eure and named ambassador in London; returning to the Assembly in 1872, he led the royalists against Thiers and brought about his resignation in May 1873. Under President MacMahon he headed the Moral Order cabinet as vice-president of the council and worked towards a restoration of the monarchy until his government fell in May 1874. Elected senator in 1876, he was again made president of the council in the crisis of 16 May 1877 and dissolved the Chamber, but resigned in November after the republicans won the election. Defeated for the Senate in 1885, he left politics.
Also known as: Jacques Victor Albert de Broglie
Activities and affiliations
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1871–1872
France state institutionsAmbassador in London
Diplomacy and international organization -
1871–1885
France state institutionsMember of the National Assembly and senator for the Eure
Legislature and state representation -
1873–1877
France state institutionsVice-President and President of the Council of MinistersHeads of state and government of FranceMain
Government and administration
Career Timeline
- 1871.02.19–1872.05.17Ambassador in London
- 1871.02.08–1876Member of the National Assembly for the Eure
- 1873.05.24–1874.05.22Vice-President of the Council of Ministers (1st tenure, also foreign and interior minister)
- 1876.01.30–1885.01.06Senator for the Eure
- 1877.05.17–11.19President of the Council of Ministers (2nd tenure, also justice minister)