Talk:Marie André Cantillon

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The result was: promoted by Desertarun (talk) 20:30, 17 June 2021 (UTC)

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Cantillon in an 1818 depiction

• ... that Marie André Cantillon was awarded 10,000 francs in Napoleon's will for a failed assassination attempt on the Duke of Wellington? "Shortly before his death on May 5th, 1821, Napoleon Bonaparte, in exile on St Helena, wrote a codicil to his will, bequeathing 10,000 francs (about £500) to a former sub-lieutenant in the army, Marie André Cantillon, in recognition of his attempt to assassinate the Duke of Wellington." from: Fahey, Denis (26 April 2021). "Bonaparte – Denis Fahey on Napoleon's Irish connections". The Irish Times. Retrieved 6 June 2021.

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Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 07:11, 10 June 2021 (UTC).

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Overall: @Dumelow: A really interesting article that you made. I never knew about this and it is really interesting seeing Napoleon's spite still being around after his defeat at Waterloo. Jon698 (talk) 00:47, 11 June 2021 (UTC)

Thanks for the review Jon698 and for uploading a new image (I looked unsuccessfully for an unwatermarked version and am glad you found one) - Dumelow (talk) 07:57, 11 June 2021 (UTC)

Hansard has wrong year?

Hi Dumelow, the assassination attempt was Feb 1818. The trial was May surely the same year, not over a year later? Hansard says "In the year 1819, the Duke of Wellington was in Paris ... brought to trial in May of the same year." Perhaps change 1819 x2 to 1818 in article and add a note to say Hansard had year wrong? JennyOz (talk) 13:01, 25 June 2021 (UTC)

It appears the trial was not until 1819. Stirling Maxwell's 1858 account (p27) states that the English newspapers complained about the lack of speediness in bringing Cantillon to trial. He notes the French state did not acknowledge holding Marinet or Cantillon until 21 December 1818, by which time Cantillon's lawyer had complained of his lengthy detention. On page 29 he notes the Duke was summoned on 12 March for a trial on 5 May, though this was delayed until 10 May. I'll look to add this to the article - Dumelow (talk) 13:20, 25 June 2021 (UTC)

Thanks for adding that. So it seems sometime between Stirling in parliament 12 February 1858 and his note in book dated 8 May 1858, he'd changed from thinking attempt and trial were both 1819 to realising over a year had passed between them? (Just leaving this note here in case anyone else falls into trap I did.) Thanks again, JennyOz (talk) 14:03, 26 June 2021 (UTC)

I guess so if you Google "cantillon 1818" there are plenty of sources that give that year but none I could find, apart from Hansard, that give 1819 - Dumelow (talk) 07:38, 27 June 2021 (UTC)