Pierre Alpinien Bourdeau
Pierre Alpinien Bertrand Bourdeau was a French deputy from 1815 to 1831 and from 1834 to 1837. He was briefly Minister of Justice in 1829, and was made a peer of France during the July Monarchy. He is known for his hostility to the press, and for trying to hold newspaper managers responsible for libels published after they had left the paper.
Pierre Alpinien Bertrand Bourdeau was born in Rochechouart, HauteVienne, onMarch 1770. His father was an advocate in parliament in the provinces of Poitou, Angoumois, Prigord, who acted as counsel for the town of Rochechouart. Bourdeau registered as an advocate at the court of Limoges onDecember 1790. Bourdeau joined the revolutionary movement enthusiastically, but during the Terror he was treated as a suspect and imprisoned at Limoges and then Tulle. He was released afterThermidor. Bourdeau practiced as an advocate at the bar of Limoges until 1815. He was a freemason.
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