Barrot

Barrot, Camille Hyacinthe Odillon, born at Villefort in 1791, acquired fame as an advocate. Mixed up in the revolution of 1830, he accompanied the royal family to Cherbourg, and attached himself at first to the younger branch of the Bourbons. Under Louis Philippe he stood forth as leader of the "moderate left" in opposition to Guizot, and contributed not a little to the events of 1848. He then joined Thiers in a futile attempt to form a ministry favourable to the succession of the Comte de Paris. The project failing, he accepted (1849) the presidency of the Council under Louis Napoleon, who distrusted him and shelved him. He lived in retirement till 1872, when he was made councillor of state and vice-president of the council, dying in the following year.