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  CALONNE - LoveToKnow Article on CALONNE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
CALONNE, CHARLES ALEXANDRE DE (1734-1802), French statesman, was born at Douai of a good family.
The joy was general in Paris, where Calonne, accused of wishing to augment the imposts, was known as Monsieur Deficit.
Calonne soon afterwards passed over to England, and during his residence there kept up a polemical correspondence with Necker on the finances.
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 Charles Alexandre de Calonne - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
Charles Alexandre de Calonne (1734 - October 30, 1802) was a French statesman.
In the terrible crisis preceding the French Revolution, when minister after minister tried in vain to replenish the exhausted royal treasury, Calonne was summoned to take the general control of affairs.
Turgot and Jacques Necker had attempted these reforms, and Calonne attributed their failure to the malevolence of the parlements.
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 CHARLES ALEXANDRE DE CALONNE   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
Calonne ergriff den Beruf des Anwalts und machte in Artois und Douai Karriere, bevor er Intendant von Metz (1768) und Lille (1774) wurde.
Calonne ließ nun verärgert seine Berichte drucken und brachte damit den Hof gegen sich auf.
Calonne begab sich bald darauf nach England und hielt mit Necker eine polemische Korrespondenz über die Finanzen aufrecht.
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 Charles Alexandre de Calonne - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
Charles Alexandre, vicomte de Calonne (1734 - October 30, 1802) was a French statesman.
Born at Douai of a good family, he entered the legal profession and became successively advocate to the general council of Artois, procureur to the parlement of Douai, master of requests, intendant of Metz (1768) and of Lille (1774).
To them, he exposed the deficit in the treasury, and proposed the establishment of a subvention territoriale, which should be levied on all property without distinction.
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 Charles Alexandre de Calonne
Born at Douai of a good family, he entered the legal profession and becamesuccessively advocate to the general council of Artois, procureur to theparlement of Douai, master of requests, intendant of Metz (1768) and of Lille (1774).
Turgot and JacquesNecker had attempted these reforms, and Calonne attributed their failure to the malevolence of the parlements.
The joy was general in Paris, where Calonne, accused of wishing to augment the imposts, was known as"Monsieur Deficit".
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 Encyclopedia: Charles Alexandre de Calonne
In the terrible crisis preceding the The period of the French Revolution in the history of France covers the years between 1789 and 1799, in which democrats and republicans overthrew the absolute monarchy and the Roman Catholic Church was forced to undergo radical restructuring.
French Revolution, when minister after minister tried in vain to replenish the exhausted royal treasury, Calonne was summoned to take the general control of affairs.
Jacques Necker had attempted these reforms, and Calonne attributed their failure to the malevolence of the parlements.
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 Charles Alexandre de Calonne -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
In the terrible crisis preceding the (The revolution in France against the Bourbons; 1789-1799) French Revolution, when minister after minister tried in vain to replenish the exhausted royal treasury, Calonne was summoned to take the general control of affairs.
He owed the position to (Click link for more info and facts about Vergennes) Vergennes, who for over three years continued to support him; but the king was disliked him, and, according to the Austrian ambassador, his public image was extremely poor.
In revenge he joined the émigré party at (Click link for more info and facts about Coblenz) Coblenz, wrote in their favour, and spent nearly all the fortune brought him by his wife, a wealthy widow.
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 Illustrious People   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
The son of a magistrate of Douai, Calonne held various posts in French Flanders and in Artois before becoming intendant of Metz (1768) and of Lille (1774).
Calonne reconstituted a sinking fund (1784) to pay off the debt, and in 1785 he reformed the gold coinage.
He was chief adviser to the émigrés (nobles in exile) from December 1790 until the fall of the monarchy in August 1792.
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 Charles Alexandre de Calonne
Calonne ergriff den Beruf des Anwalts machte in Artois und Douai Karriere bevor Intendant von Metz (1768) und Lille (1774) wurde.
Diese Abschaffung Privilegien wurde von den privilegierten Notabeln schlecht Callone verärgert ließ nun seine Berichte drucken brachte damit den Hof gegen sich auf.
Calonne sich bald darauf nach England und hielt Necker eine polemische Korrespondenz über die Finanzen 1789 als die Generalstände vor der Einberufung kam er zurück nach Flandern in der Hoffung sich für die aufstellen zu lassen; ihm wurde aber streng Frankreich zu betreten.
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 Calonne   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
Het enige dat Calonne - die waarschijnlijk meer waard was dan zijn reputatie van gladde hoveling en bon vivant -, kon doen om de financiele problemen op te lossen was geld lenen en nog eens geld lenen.
De gegoede burgerij wenste niet langer door het verstrekken van leningen op te draaien voor het enorme schatkisttekort zonder dat er op de een of andere manier aan hun politieke eisen tegemoet gekomen zou worden.
Nadat ook Calonnes opvolger Loménie de Brienne ook geen succes bleek te kunnen boeken, werd Necker de nieuwe minister van financiën.
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 ASSEMBLEE DE NOTABLES DE 1787 -, DISCOURS prononcé de l'ordre du Roi en sa présence par M. de Calonne, Contôleur ...
First work: Kress B.1173; Goldsmiths 13431; Einaudi 798.First edition.Calonne had hoped, with the backing from the leading men of the kingdom (the 'Notables' were choosen, not elected), that the loans he needed would be undoubtedly forthcoming.
Calonne was shortly after replaced by Brienne whose appointment did revive credit instantly.
P.S. Dupont de Nemours, who was secretary of the Assembly, was not only the editor of the proceedings, but also of the Mémoire presented to the Assembly by Calonne concerning the reforms proposed in the field of financial as well as economical administration.
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 Story by Patricia A. Bow
Why Miss Calonne should have appointed herself my champion I could not fathom, but it was to my advantage to discover as much of the truth as possible.
I suspected at once that Miss Calonne was not deceived, for the twinkle in her eye as she thanked me was quite distinct.
As soon as Miss Calonne noticed these she pointed to them and put a finger to her lips, but the damage was already done, if damage there was.
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 MSN Encarta - Search Results - Calonne Charles Alexandre de   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
Calonne, Charles Alexandre de (1734-1802), French statesman and counter-revolutionary, particularly famous for his attempt to prevent the financial...
After Louis granted financial aid (1778-1781) to the American colonies revolting against Great Britain in the New World, Necker proposed drastic...
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 Calonne - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
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The Calonne, a minor tributary of the Touques River in Normandy.
This page was last modified 11:55, 6 November 2004.
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 Réponse De M. De Calonne A L'Écrit De M.Necker, Publié en Avril 1787; Contenant L'Examen des Comptes De La Situation ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
Réponse De M. De Calonne A L'Écrit De M.Necker, Publié en Avril 1787; Contenant L'Examen des Comptes De La Situation Des Finances Rendus en 1774, 1776, 1781, 1783 & 1787: Avec Des Observations sur les Résultats De L'Assemblée Des Notables.
Calonne was Minister of Finances under Louis XVI, from November 1783 to April of 1787.
His efforts to solve the country's financial crisis and reverse the national deficit met with no success, and his proposal to establish a 'subvention territoriale', to be levied on all property without distinction, alienated the privileged nobles and the court.
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 CALONNE - CARRA, (J.L.), M. de Calonne tout entier, tel qu'il s'est comporté dans l'administration des finances, dans ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
CALONNE - CARRA, (J.L.), M. de Calonne tout entier, tel qu'il s'est comporté dans l'administration des finances, dans son commissariat en Bretagne, &c., &c.
de Calonne tout entier, tel qu'il s'est comporté dans l'administration des finances, dans son commissariat en Bretagne, &c., &c.
In 1787-1788, he dashed off works vilifying the finance minister, C.A. de Calonne, and the former police-lieutenant, J.B. Lenoir.
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 Calonne-sur-la-Lys Communal Cemetery, Nord   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
During the withdrawal of the British Expeditionary Force to Dunkirk in May 1940, there was heavy fighting in the area around Calonne-sur-la-Lys, and most of the inhabitants left the area.
The school was used by the Germans as an aid post, and British soldiers who died at Calonne, either in battle or of wounds while prisoners, were buried by the Germans in the field behind the school.
In 1942 the local people moved these graves into the communal cemetery, but in the meantime the rough grave markers had in many instances become illegible.
www.silentcities.co.uk /cemeteryc/Calonne-sur-la-Lys%20Communal%20Cemetery,%20Nord.htm   (176 words)

  
 Controller Calonne
Calonne, a man of indisputable genius; even fiscal genius, more or less; of experience both in managing Finance and Parlements, for he has been Intendant at Metz, at Lille; King's Procureur at Douai.
Our Foulons, Berthiers intrigue for him:--old Foulon, who has now nothing to do but intrigue; who is known and even seen to be what they call a scoundrel; but of unmeasured wealth; who, from Commissariat-clerk which he once was, may hope, some think, if the game go right, to be Minister himself one day.
Calonne also shall have trial; Calonne also, in his way, as Turgot and Necker had done in theirs, shall forward the consummation; suffuse, with one other flush of brilliancy, our now too leaden-coloured Era of Hope, and wind it up--into fulfilment.
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 Charles-Alexandre de Calonne --  Encyclopædia Britannica   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
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The Revolution took shape in France when the controller general of finances, Charles-Alexandre de Calonne, arranged the summoning of an assembly of “notables” (prelates, great noblemen, and a few representatives of the bourgeoisie) in February 1787 to propose reforms designed to eliminate the budget deficit by increasing the taxation of the privileged classes.
After both Charles-Alexandre de Calonne and Étienne-Charles de Loménie de Brienne had failed to solve the financial problems for which Necker was at least partially responsible, Necker himself was recalled as finance minister on August 26, 1788.
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 LondonTown.com | Calonne Road Guide | Calonne Road London, SW19, England, UK | London Streets by Street | London hotel ...
Calonne Road is located in the borough of Merton
Below we present a selection of upcoming events, local attractions and great places to eat and shop.
The nearest underground station to Calonne Road is 'Wimbledon Park ' which is about 28 minutes to the North East.
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 Lettre Adressé au roi par M. de Calonne, le 9 Février 1789. - CALONNE, CHARLES ALEXANDRE DE,   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
Lettre Adressé au roi par M. de Calonne, le 9 Février 1789.
CALONNE, CHARLES ALEXANDRE DE, Lettre Adressé au roi par M. de Calonne, le 9 Février 1789.
Calonne had the dubious honor of being Minister of Finance under Louis XVI, and left for England on the outbreak of the Revolution.
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 WSLFI | Vice President: David S. Calonne, Ph.D.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
Vice President: David S. Calonne, Ph.D. Vice President David S. Calonne, Ph.D. David Stephen Calonne received his B.A. in Classics at the University of California at Los Angeles, and his Ph.D. in English from the University of Texas at Austin.
He first became strongly interested in William Saroyan as an adolescent when he read and was deeply moved by Saroyan's lovely play "The Oyster and the Pearl" in his high school English class.
Calonne has continued to publish essays on Saroyan in magazines such as Ararat Quarterly, The Journal of the Society of Armenian Studies, and Armenian Forum.
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 M Calonne - new and used books
Observations rapides sur la lettre de M. de Calonne au Roi.
CALONNE (M. DE) - De l'état de la France, présent et à venir
In-8, brochage epoque, travail de vers principalement sur le premier tableau, contient le tableau de comparaison du compte rendu de Necker, publie pour le roi, qui fait apparaitre un excedent de dix millions, la divulgation de la liste des pensions accordees aux courtisans provoqua un scandale et le roi lui demande de se retirer.
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