Guillaume Benoît Couderc
Guillaume Benoît Couderc (7 July 1741 in Lyon—9 May 1809 in Lyon), was a French businessman, merchant and politician. He was a member of the Estates General of 1789 and of the National Constituent Assembly.
Biography[edit]
He was the son of Jean Couderc and Elisabeth Vernet.[1] He was born in a banker family from Switzerland.[2]
He worked as a merchant and banker in Lyon. He was a member of the Third Estate commission elected in January 1789 to prepare the cahiers de doléances (registers of grievances).[3] On 30 March 1789, he was elected a Third Estate representative to the Estates General. He was also a member of the National Constituent Assembly. In 1791, he received Protestant merchants at his home to talk about trade-related issues.[4]
He was subsequently a member of the commercial court, president of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Lyon and general councillor for commerce in Paris.[5] He was general councillor of the hospices.[6] He was the departmental councillor of Rhône from 1800 to 1809.[7]
His uncle in Geneva was from the Vernet-Dupan family.[5]
He was the father of politician Jean Couderc.
He died in Lyon on 9 May 1809.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ Benoit & Saussac 1988, p. 123.
- ^ Béghain et al. 2009, p. 1256.
- ^ Benoit & Saussac 1988, p. 54.
- ^ Benoit & Saussac 1988, p. 71.
- ^ a b c Benoit & Saussac 1988, p. 124.
- ^ (in French) Procès-verbaux du Comité des finances de l'Assemblée constituante, vol. 1—2, 1922
- ^ (in French) Hodieu, Essais de nomenclatures Lyonnaises municipales et autres de 1800 à 1865 suivis de divers opuscules sur des questions Lyonnaises, 1866
Bibliography[edit]
- "Guillaume Benoît Couderc", in Adolphe Robert and Gaston Cougny, Dictionnaire des parlementaires français (1789-1891), Bourloton, Paris, 1889 Edition details Wikisource
- Benoit, Bruno; Saussac, Roland (1988). Guide historique de la Révolution à Lyon ; 1789-1799 (in French). Editions du Trévoux. ISBN 2-85698-043-0.
- Béghain, Patrice; Benoît, Bruno; Corneloup, Gérard; Thévenon, Bruno (2009). Dictionnaire historique de Lyon (in French). Lyon: Stéphane Bachès. ISBN 9782915266658.
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