Interior minister of the last cabinet before the coup of 1851
Born at Bessenay in the Rhône in 1798, he became an advocate in Paris in 1824. He entered the judiciary in 1830 as a deputy prosecutor at the court of Lyon, moved to the royal court of Paris in 1844 and became advocate-general in 1845. Ruined by the February Revolution of 1848, he returned to the bar and wrote for conservative papers such as the Gazette de France. Joining the Bonapartists, he became minister of the interior on 26 October 1851 in the last cabinet of the Second Republic. He pretended not to know of the planned coup and was replaced by Morny on the night of 2 December. He then sat on the Council of State and in the Senate, and in 1858 became first president of the court of Amiens. He died in 1869.
Also known as: René François Élisabeth Tiburce de Thorigny
Activities and affiliations
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1830–1848
France state institutionsDeputy prosecutor and advocate-general
Law and justice -
1851
France state institutionsMinister of the InteriorMain
Government and administration -
1853–1869
France state institutionsSenator
Legislature and state representation
Career Timeline
- 1824Advocate in Paris
- 1830–1848Prosecutor at Lyon and Paris
- 1851Minister of the Interior (26 October – 2 December)
- 1853–1869Senator