BERRYER, PIERRE ANTOINE, a distinguished French advocate and party politician, was born in Paris, 4th Jan., 1790. and first distinguished himself by his defense of vic tims of the restoration In 1829, he was chosen deputy, and ever afterwards steadily represented the rights and policy of the elder Bourbons. His legitimist tendencies kept him for a time in the political background under Louis Philippe; but as the legitimist party in the chamber increased, his position grew in importance. He repeatedly under took the defense of persons prosecuted by the government, not only of his own party. but republican leaders. It was he who defended Louis Napoleon in the chamber of peers after the Boulogne attentat With the elder Bourbons he was in ,constant com munication, and was one of the heads of the legitimist party who made a pilgrimage to the count of Chambord in London, in 1843. After the revolution of 1848, lie repre sented the Bow:hes-du-Rhone: seemed inclined to support the government of the presi dent, Louis Napoleon; and became a member of his privy-council. But this did not
hinder hint from going to Wiesbaden, in 1850, to do homage to the count of Chambord. On that occasion, he was openly spoken of as the future minister of Henry V. When Changarnier was removed from his command, B. united with Thiers and others_ to oppose the pretensions of the president, and he was one of the few who boldly protested against the coup trete. In 1854, he was elected a member of the French academy. His inaugural speech contained some uncomplimentary allusions to the lower empire, and its publication was prohibited, the prohibition, however, being removed in 24 hours. B. added greatly to his reputation :isms orator by his defense of Montalembert (q.v.) against the government prosecution in Nov., 1838. he died 29th Nov., 1868.