Jules Claude Gabriel Favre

Jules Claude Gabriel Favre (1809-1880) was a French Republican statesman, born at Lyons. He was called to the Paris bar in 1830. He was a strong Republican, and he joined the Revolutions of 1830 and 1848. In the New Republic, he held office as Minister of the Interior, and disapproving of the coup d'état, resumed practice at the bar. He defended the Italian conspirator Orsini, and in 1870, on the dissolution of the Empire, became Minister of Foreign Affairs. Mistakes in his negotiations with Bismarck led to his resignation and resumption of his legal practice.

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