The name of an old French family, several members of which distinguished themselves in the service of both Church and State:
arshal of France, celebrated for his cruelties against the Huguenots (1650-1708);
is brother, archbishop of Paris, who was made cardinal (1651-1729);
eputy to the States-General, who took part for a time in the Revolution (1756-1804).
The Nuttall Encyclopædia: Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge[1] is a late 19th-century encyclopedia, edited by Rev. James Wood, first published in London in 1900 by Frederick Warne & Co Ltd.
WikipediaEditions were recorded for 1920, 1930, 1938 and 1956 and was still being sold in 1966. Editors included G. Elgie Christ and A. L. Hayden for 1930, Lawrence Hawkins Dawson for 1938 and C. M. Prior for 1956.[2]
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