GERLACHE, ETIENNE CONSTANTIN, BARON DE

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GERLACHE, ETIENNE CONSTANTIN, BARON DE (1785
r871), Belgian politician and historian, was born at Biourge, Luxemburg, on the 24th of December 1785. He studied law in Paris and practised there for some time, but settled at Liege after the

establishment

ESTABLISHMENT (0. Fr. establissement, Fr. etablissement,
late
- LATE
Norm. Fr. establishement, from O. Fr. establir, Fr. etablir, Lat. stabilire, to make
stable
- STABLE
)

of the kingdom of the

Netherlands

NETHERLANDS

. As member of the states-general he was an energetic member of the opposition, and, though he repudiated an ultramontane policy, he supported the alliance of the extreme Catholics with the Liberal party, which paved the way for the revolution of 183o. On the outbreak of disturbance in August 1830 he still, however, thought the Orange-Nassau dynasty and the union with the Dutch states essential; but his views changed, and, after holding various offices in the provisional government, he became president of congress, and brought forward the motion inviting

Leopold

LEOPOLD (M.H. Ger. Liupolt; O.H. Ger. Liupald, from hut, Mod. Ger. Leute, " people," and paid, " bold," i.e. " bold for the people ")

of Saxe-Coburg to become king of the Belgians. In 1832 he was president of the chamber of representatives, and for thirty-five years he presided over the court of appeal. He presided over the Catholic congresses held at Malines between 1863 and 1867. That his early Liberal views underwent some modification is plain from the Conservative principles enunciated in his Essai sur le mouvement des partis en Belgique (Brussels, 1852). As an historian his

work

WORK

was strongly coloured by his

anti

ANTI, or CAMPA

-Dutch prejudices and his Catholic predilections. His Histoire des Pays-Bas depuis 1814 jusqu'en 183o (Brussels, 2 vols., 1839), which reached a fourth edition in 1875, was a piece of

special

SPECIAL

pleading against the Dutch domination. The most important of his other works were his Histoire de Liege (Brussels, 1843) and his Etudes sur Salluste et sur quelques-uns des principaux historiens de l'antiquite (Brussels, 1847).
A complete edition of his works (6 vols., Brussels, 18741875) contains a

biography

BIOGRAPHY (from the Gr. (3ios, life, and yp&4 , writing)

by M. Thonissen.

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