Which position did Guillaume-Isidore Baron de Montbel hold from Aug 1829 to Nov 1829?
Guillaume-Isidore Baron de Montbel Guillaume-Isidore Baron de Montbel ( 4 July 1787 – 3 February 1861 ) was a French politician who was a mayor of Toulouse , a deputy and a minister in the French government during the last year of the Bourbon Restoration . He was an ardent royalist and opposed to the freedom of press . After the July Revolution of 1830 he was tried in absentia and sentenced to civil death . He was later pardoned and returned to France . Early years . Guillaume-Isidore de Montbel was born in Toulouse , Haute-Garonne , on 4 July 1787 . His grandfather , Jean Baron de Montbel , had been Treasurer of France . His parents were Jean-Louis Baron de Montbel ( 1727–1793 ) and Catherine-Rosalie de Reynal ( 1766–1843 ) . His father was a councilor at the parliament of Toulouse in 1753 and a kings advocate from 1777 to 1791 . His father was executed in the French Revolution . Montbel was a fervent royalist . He enlisted in the Royal Volunteers in 1815 . During the Hundred Days of Napoleons return to power he was placed under police supervision . He was a property owner in Toulouse , a councilor of that city , and was appointed mayor by the restored Bourbon regime , replacing his close friend Jean-Baptiste de Villèle . On 17 November 1827 Montbel was elected deputy for the second district of Haute-Garonne . As a deputy Montbel was active and zealous , devoted to the monarchy and a fluent speaker . He defended the views of Villèle in matters of policy and finance , presented many proposals and amendments , and was a tireless opponent of the Liberals . He was appointed to the committee to examine the proposed law on periodicals , and showed himself hostile to the freedom of the press , for which he blamed the assassination by Louis Pierre Louvel of Charles Ferdinand , Duke of Berry . He was the candidate of the extreme right for vice-speaker of the chamber in 1829 , but only received 62 votes . On 7 April 1829 he criticized as wasteful and romantic the French intervention on behalf of the Greeks , who were seeking independence . Minister . Montbel was Minister of Religious Affairs and Public Education from 8 August 1829 to 18 November 1829 . In this position he continued the tolerant policy of Antoine Lefebvre de Vatimesnil and rejected the demands of the Ultras to suspend the courses of Victor Cousin and François Guizot . He was appointed Minister of the Interior on 18 November 1829 after the resignation of Labourdonnaye , at the personal desire of King Charles X . He placed Sirieys Mayrinhac in charge of the general police . He spoke several times in the Chamber , trying in vain to overcome the unpopularity of the ministerial cabinet . He played an active role in the discussion of 5 March 1830 over the Royal Address , fighting the attacks of the constitutional party . He was then Minister of Finance from 19 May 1830 until 29 July 1830 in the last days of the Bourbon Restoration . He signed the July Ordinances which inadvertently led to the July Revolution and the end of the Bourbon dynasty . Later career . Montbel accompanied the king to Rambouillet . After the Duke of Orleans had been appointed lieutenant-general of the kingdom , he returned to Paris and then went to Vienna , Austria . He was included in the trial of ministers of Charles X of France and on 28 September 1830 was sentenced in absentia to civil death and life imprisonment . A central charge was that he had taken 421,000 francs on 28 July to supply the royalist troops during the height of the struggle . Montbel was granted an amnesty by the Molé ministry in 1837 . He returned to France , but stayed away from public affairs for the rest of his life . He died in Schloss Frohsdorf , Austria , on 3 February 1861 , while visiting Henri , Count of Chambord , the legitimist pretender . Bibliography . After leaving public life , Montbel published a number of works with monarchist themes : - Dernière époque de l’histoire de Charles X , ses derniers voyages , sa maladie , sa mort , ses funérailles , son caractère et ses habitudes dans l’exil , s.d . His grandson published a posthumous collection of writings : References . Citations Sources