translate English to French: In 1824 the Duke bought back the Duchy of Uzès from the townspeople (the writer André Gide was one of them) who in buying it had actually protected it.
Le Duc d'Uzès rachète le Duché en 1824 aux familles uzétiennes (dont celle de l'écrivain André Gide) qui en l'achetant l'ont protégées.