 franÃ§ois antoine de boissy d'anglas (1756â1828) was a french statesman of the revolution, first republic and empire. ==biography== ===early career=== born to a protestant family in saint-jean-chambre, ardÃ¨che, he studied law and, after literary attempts, became a lawyer to the parlement of paris. in 1789 he was elected by the third estate of the sÃ©nÃ©chaussee of annonay as deputy to the estates-general. he was one of those who induced the estates-general to proclaim itself a national assembly on 17 june 1789, and approved, in several speeches, of the storming of the bastille and of the taking of the royal family to paris (october 1789). boissy d'anglas demanded that strict measures be taken against the royalists who were conspiring in southern france, and published some pamphlets on financial issues. during the legislative assembly, he was procureur-syndic for the directory of the dÃ©partement of ardÃ¨che. ===convention=== elected to the national convention, he sat in the centre, le marais, voting in the trial of louis xvi for his detention until deportation should be judged expedient for the state. he was then representative on mission to lyon, charged with investigating frauds in connection with the supplies of the army of the alps. 200px|right|thumb|boissy saluting fÃ©raud's head (during the prairial uprising) although he had been close to several girondists, boissy d'anglas escaped arrest after franÃ§ois hanriot's insurrection of 2 june 1793, and he was one of several centrist deputies who supported maximilien robespierre during the early stages of the reign of terror. however, he was gained over by the members of the mountain hostile to robespierre, and his support, along with that of some other leaders of the marais, made possible the thermidorian reaction. boissy d'anglas was then elected a member of the committee of public safety, and charged with the superintendence of the provisioning of paris. he presented the report supporting the decree of 3 ventÃ´se of the year iii (february 1795), which established freedom of religion. in the critical days of germinal and of prairial of the year iii, he was noted for his courage. on the 12th germinal, the day of insurrection of 12 germinal year iii, he was in the tribune, reading a report on the food supplies, when the hall
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