Morny, Charles-Auguste-Louis-Joseph, duke de
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born Oct. 21, 1811, Paris, France
died March 10, 1865, Paris
French politician.
Half brother of Louis-Napoléon (
later Napoleon III), Morny devoted himself to Parisian society and to making a fortune before serving in the Chamber of Deputies (1842–48, 1849). Appointed minister of the interior in 1851, he organized the plebiscite that made Louis-Napoléon dictator. As president of the legislature (1856–65), he tried unsuccessfully to persuade Napoleon III to give France more liberty.
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