LEBEAU, JOSEPH (1794-1865)

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LEBEAU, JOSEPH (1794-1865) , Belgian statesman, was born at Huy on the 3rd of January 1794. He received his early education from an uncle who was parish priest of Hannut, and became a clerk. By dint of

economy

ECONOMY

he raised money to study law at Liege, and was called to the bar in 1819. At Liege he formed a fast friendship with Charles Rogier and Paul Devaux, in conjunction with whom he founded at Liege in 1824 the Mathieu Laensbergh, afterwards Le politique, 'a journal which helped to unite the Catholic party with the Liberals in their opposition to the ministry, without manifesting any open disaffection to the Dutch government. Lebeau had not contemplated the separation of Holland and Belgium, but his hand was forced by the revolution. He was sent by his native

district

DISTRICT

to the National Congress, and became minister of foreign affairs in

March

1831 during the interim regency of Surlet de Chokier. By proposing the election of

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 as king of the Belgians he secured a benevolent attitude on the part of

Great

GREAT

Britain, but the restoration to Holland of part of the duchies of Limburg and Luxemburg provoked a heated opposition to the treaty of London, and Lebeau was accused of treachery to Belgian interests. He resigned the direction of foreign affairs on the accession of King

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 ")

, but in the next year became minister of justice. He was elected deputy for Brussels in 1833, and retained his seat until 1848. Differences with the king led to his retirement in 1834. He was subsequently

governor

GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

of the province of Namur (1838),

ambassador

AMBASSADOR (also EMBASSADOR, the form sometimes still used in America; from the Fr. ambassadeur, with which compare Ital. ambasciatore and Span. embajador, all variants of the Med. Lat. ambassiator, ambassiator, ambasator, &c., derived from Med. Lat. amba

to the Frankfort diet (1839), and in 1840 he formed a short-lived Liberal ministry. From this time he held no office of state, though he continued his energetic support of liberal and

anti

ANTI, or CAMPA

-clerical

measures

MEASURES

. He died at Huy on the 19th of

March

1865.
Lebeau published La Belgique depuis 1847 (Brussels, 4 vols., 1852), Lettres aux electeurs belges (8 vols., Brussels, 1853-1856). His Souvenirs personnels et correspondence diplomatique 18241841 (Brussels, 1883) were edited by A. Freson. See an article by A. Freson in the Biographic nationale de Belgique; and T. Juste, Joseph Lebeau (Brussels, 1865).

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