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'''Antoine Portail''' (1675 – 3 May 1736) was a French magistrate and premier président of the [[Parlement de Paris]].
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'''Antoine Portail''' (1675 – 3 May 1736) was a French politician, a First President of the Parlement of Paris, and a member of the French Academy.


== Life ==
== Background ==
To fully understand this article, one must be familiar with the judicial system of France under the [[Old Regime]], during the 17th and 18th centuries. Though the English word [[parliament]] derived from the French word [[parlement]], they were not the same thing. A French parlement was closer to an English superior court of appeals. Just as the English parliament is divided into "chambers", a French parlement also had several "chambers". There were over a dozen French parlements throughout the country, the most important of which was in Paris. The highest "chamber" of the Parlement of Paris was the "Great Chamber".
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Fils d'un membre de la [[Grand'chambre du parlement de Paris|grand'chambre]] et élève de [[Charles Rollin]], il est successivement conseiller, avocat général et [[président à mortier]], avant de devenir premier président du Parlement de Paris en [[1724]]<ref>Éléments biographiques d'après [[Pierre Larousse]], ''Grand Dictionnaire universel du XIXe siècle'', vol. XII, 1874, p. 1451.</ref>. La même année, il est élu membre de l'[[Académie française]]. « Son éloquence naturelle et son goût pour les lettres, note laconiquement [[Jean le Rond d'Alembert|d'Alembert]], furent ses titres d'académicien.<ref>Jean le Rond d'Alembert, ''Œuvres complètes, Éloges historiques'', vol. III, 1{{ère}} partie, Belin, Paris, 1821, p. 191.</ref> »


== Biography==
Il avait rendu de grands services à [[Louis XIV|Louis XIV]] et, sous la [[Régence (1715-1723)|Régence]], il avait été nommé, avec [[Guillaume de Lamoignon de Blancmesnil]], président de la chambre de justice, créée en [[1716]] pour examiner tous les comptes de finances depuis [[1698]] et punir les malversations. Plus tard, il fut l'un des commissaires chargés chargés de travailler avec le régent à résoudre les difficultés que la [[Système de Law|banque de Law]] avait fait naître.


The son of a member of the Great Chamber, and a student of [[Charles Rollin]], Antoine Portail rose from an attorney, to an attorney general, to the [[Président à mortier|President of the Mortar]] (chief justice of the Great Chamber), before becoming a First President (a royal appointed position) of the Parlement of Paris in 1724.<ref>Biography from [[Pierre Larousse]]'s ''[[Grand dictionnaire universel du XIXe siècle|Great Universal Dictionary of the 19th Century]]'', vol. XII, 1874, p. 1451. Available on [http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k2053648/f1455.image.r=.langFR Gallica.] {{in lang|fr}}</ref> The same year he was elected to the [[French Academy]]. "His natural eloquence and his love of literature," [[Jean le Rond d'Alembert|d'Alembert]] laconically noted, "were his qualifications to the Academy."<ref>Jean le Rond d'Alembert, ''Œuvres complètes, Éloges historiques (Complete works, Historical eulogies)'', vol. III, 1st part, Belin, Paris, 1821, p. 191. Available on [http://fr.wikisource.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Fichier%3AD%E2%80%99Alembert_-_%C5%92uvres_compl%C3%A8tes%2C_%C3%A9d._Belin%2C_III.djvu&page=201 Wikisource.] {{in lang|fr}}</ref>
« C'était, dit [[Edmond Jean François Barbier|Barbier]]<ref>Cité par Pierre Larousse, ''Op. cit.''</ref>, un magistrat d'une très belle figure pour représenter, gracieux, d'une politesse infinie pour tout le monde et de beaucoup d'esprit. »

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He was of great service to [[Louis XIV]] and, under the [[Régence|regency of Louis XV]], he was appointed, with [[Guillaume de Lamoignon de Blancmesnil]], President of the Chamber of Justice, created in 1716 to audit the country's financial records after 1698, and to prosecute any criminal activity uncovered. Later, he was one of the commissioners named to help the regent resolve the problems created by [[John Law (economist)|John Law]]'s General Bank.
== Notes, sources and references ==

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"He was," said [[Edmond Jean François Barbier|Barbier]],<ref>Quoted by Pierre Larousse, ''Op. cit.''</ref> "a magistrate who represented a very beautiful individual, graceful, with an infinite politeness for everyone and full of spirit."

He married the granddaughter of [[Toussaint Rose]].

== References ==
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== External links ==
== External links ==
* [http://www.academie-francaise.fr/immortels/base/academiciens/fiche.asp?param=172 Académie française]
* [http://www.academie-francaise.fr/les-immortels/antoine-portail?fauteuil=17&election=27-11-1724 Biography at the French Academy]
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Antoine Portail
Portrait of Antoine Portail
Copy of an anonymous portrait, Museum of the Palace of Versailles.
Born1675
DiedMay 3, 1736(1736-05-03) (aged 60–61)
NationalityFrench
OccupationPolitician
Known forMember of the French Academy (Seat 17)

Antoine Portail (1675 – 3 May 1736) was a French politician, a First President of the Parlement of Paris, and a member of the French Academy.

Background

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To fully understand this article, one must be familiar with the judicial system of France under the Old Regime, during the 17th and 18th centuries. Though the English word parliament derived from the French word parlement, they were not the same thing. A French parlement was closer to an English superior court of appeals. Just as the English parliament is divided into "chambers", a French parlement also had several "chambers". There were over a dozen French parlements throughout the country, the most important of which was in Paris. The highest "chamber" of the Parlement of Paris was the "Great Chamber".

Biography

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The son of a member of the Great Chamber, and a student of Charles Rollin, Antoine Portail rose from an attorney, to an attorney general, to the President of the Mortar (chief justice of the Great Chamber), before becoming a First President (a royal appointed position) of the Parlement of Paris in 1724.[1] The same year he was elected to the French Academy. "His natural eloquence and his love of literature," d'Alembert laconically noted, "were his qualifications to the Academy."[2]

He was of great service to Louis XIV and, under the regency of Louis XV, he was appointed, with Guillaume de Lamoignon de Blancmesnil, President of the Chamber of Justice, created in 1716 to audit the country's financial records after 1698, and to prosecute any criminal activity uncovered. Later, he was one of the commissioners named to help the regent resolve the problems created by John Law's General Bank.

"He was," said Barbier,[3] "a magistrate who represented a very beautiful individual, graceful, with an infinite politeness for everyone and full of spirit."

He married the granddaughter of Toussaint Rose.

References

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  1. ^ Biography from Pierre Larousse's Great Universal Dictionary of the 19th Century, vol. XII, 1874, p. 1451. Available on Gallica. (in French)
  2. ^ Jean le Rond d'Alembert, Œuvres complètes, Éloges historiques (Complete works, Historical eulogies), vol. III, 1st part, Belin, Paris, 1821, p. 191. Available on Wikisource. (in French)
  3. ^ Quoted by Pierre Larousse, Op. cit.
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