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Joseph Mérilhou
Joseph Mérilhou (15 October 1788 – 18 October 1856) was a French lawyer, magistrate and politician. He was Minister of Public Education and Religious Affairs, and then Minister of Justice in the Cabinet of Jacques Laffitte (2 November 1830 to 13 March 1831).
Early years.
Joseph Mérilhou was born in Montignac, in the Périgord region, on 15 October 1788.
He was the son of Jean Mérilhou and Madeleine Desmond.
He studied the classics in Périgueux.
He qualified as
Denis Pasquier, 1817–1818
- Pierre François Hercule de Serre, 1818–1821
- Charles Ignace de Peyronnet, 1821–1828
- Joseph Marie Portalis, 1828–1829
- Pierre Bourdeau, May–August 1829
- Jean de Courvoisier, 1829–1830
- Jean de Chantelauze, May–July, 1830
- Jacques Charles Dupont de l'Eure, July–December, 1830
- Joseph Mérilhou, 1830–1831
- Félix Barthe, 1831–1834
- Jean-Charles Persil, 1834–1836
- Paul Jean Pierre Sauzet, February–September, 1836