Charles Louis Secondat,
 de Montesquieu,
who was bornin 1749 and
» died at’Br1dgein1s24. _

 

 

_ Secondat,

AN oil painting has
come to light in a
Paris apartment of
the Baron de Mon-
tesquieu and with its
discovery comes a
fascinating insight
into the French noble-

.man and‘ how he

came to settle in
Bridge, where he died
in 1824.

The ' aintini was dis-
covere inthe arls apart-
ment of the resent baron.
Born Char es Louis de
in 1749, the
nobleman apparently
fought in the American
War of Independence and
was decorated«.by George
Washington with ‘the Cin-
cinx1attiMeda1;

After the war he returned
to France but was so dis-

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in -1789 ‘

of Irish des ‘: nt, Miss Anne
McGeogheg(E1 0’Neill.

He took

0 part in the
Napoleonic Wars and after-.
the Resto ation, Louis‘
XVIII a inted him a
lieutenan neral. But as
the Restora, on lasted only‘
a short time: he retumed to
Bsridge, whgre he died in
1 24. F r

He was the irandson of a
famous Frehc hilosopher
- and lived gt ridge Hill

House jus _off the main
mad and n . r the present
Highland ‘ rt. .
He left  o immediate
family and his property
went to his iiephew, whose
descendan still live in
Chateau ‘breade, near
Bordeaux., __
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-Died ‘on: Sussiay momins-.
Charles Douis _Seoondat;, "Baron
de Montesq1‘ne_u,g of _Bridge
Hill House, in th_is..cou,nty. and of H
the Chateau de:'Labrea.de, near
Bourdeaux,‘ South ofFra.nce. _ : .

He

guished officer, 7 
service,’ of an ancient and ‘noble
family of Guienhe,» and descen-
dant of the ‘illustrious. Mon-
tesquieu, one. of the greatest
’ornaments» -of ‘ French. ‘Litera-
ture, The Baron; Settled
"county . aft.ef1:: 2*-3.9. ~°31ami'°°‘!$
revolution -of '.Fr_a_.;nce.s,and has

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House. in this coun and of
the Chateau de La reade,

  ma
peace at Bridge

‘n

near Bordeaux, . South of ‘

France. He was former! a
distinguished officer in e
French service __of an
ancient and noble family of
Guienne and descendant of
the illustrious Montes-
quieu, one of the greatest

ornaments of French liter-

ature. ‘

“The . Baron settled in
this cqunty after the
calamitous revolution _of
France and ha been ustly
revered for his ected

manners and great ‘hos-*

pitality.” _
The baron’s connection
with the village has been
researched by Mr John
Williamson, of. 5 Beech-
mount, Conyngham Lane,
Bridge, who has lived in the
village for 20 years and
become its unofficial his-
torian. ~

He now corresponds with

our
p j_phofthe oil paint-

  

. Nohleman dies;

was formerly a ‘distin-
_in the French

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justly‘. .