Marguerite-Élie Guadet

Born in the family of a Bordeaux magistrate; studied law and was admitted to the bar in Bordeaux; was a member of liberal associations; served as administrator of the département of Gironde (from 16 Jul 1790); elected president of the Criminal Tribunal of Gironde (28 Mar 1791); elected (1 Sep 1791) as a representative of Gironde to the Assemblée nationale (National Assembly) (1791-1792); joined the Jacobin Club in Paris; was a prominent leader of the Girondin faction; served as Vice President (10 Jan 1792 - 22 Jan 1792) and President (22 Jan 1792 - 5 Feb 1792) of the National Assembly; was instrumental in forcing King Louis XVI to appoint the first Girondin ministry (March 1792); appointed a member of the Commission extraordinaire des Douze (Extraordinary Commission of Twelve) (18 Jun 1792 - 21 Sep 1792); remained a royalist and supporter of constitutional monarchy; was elected to the Convention nationale (National Convention) (1792-1794) as a deputy for Gironde; served as President of the National Convention (18 Oct 1792 - 1 Nov 1792); voted for an appeal to the people and for the death sentence at the trial of Louis XVI; as a result of the Jacobin coup, was put on the list of 29 Girondin deputies subject to arrest (2 Jun 1792); fled from Paris and was captured in his father's house at Saint-Émilion, Gironde (17 Jun 1794); executed at Bordeaux (19 Jun 1794). Biography source: [1; 3]