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Jean Lacave-Laplagne
Jean Lacave-Laplagne (12 August 1795 – 14 May 1849) was a French magistrate and politician.
Early years.
Jean Lacave-Laplagne was born in Montesquiou, Gers, on 12 August 1795.
His parents were was Barthélemy Lacave-Laplagne (1743–1814) and Jeanne-Marie Barris (c. 1755–1801), both from notable bourgeois families.
He studied at the Ecole polytechnique, graduating in 1813 as an Artillery Lieutenant.
He participated in Napoleon's "Grande Armée"
not initiate any important actions, apart from presenting the draft laws and budget prepared by his predecessor Jean Lacave-Laplagne.
On 12 May 1839 he and his cabinet colleagues retired and a new cabinet was formed under Marshal Jean-de-Dieu Soult following an insurrection in Paris.
Until the February Revolution of 1848 Gautier continued to sit in the house of peers and to act as Deputy Governor of the Bank of France and member of the Board of Commerce and Industry.
He was also Chairman of the Committee of