LALLEMAND, layman', Charles Francois Antoine, BARON, French general: b. Metz, 23 June 1774; d. Paris, 9 March 1839. A volunteer of 1792, he became an aide-de-camp of Junot and gained the grade of colonel by his conduct at Jena. In Spain he was advanced (1811) to brigadier-general and took an important part under Davout (1813-14) at the defense of Hamburg. Given command (1815) by Louis XVIII of the department of the Aisne, he attempted, unsuccessfully, to create a rising in favor of Napoleon, who named him general of a division and peer of France. With Napo leon's surrender and deportation to Saint Helena, he desired to accompany the emperor but was forbidden. After several months in ternment at Malta. he was released, and after traveling to the East and to Egypt without finding employment, he sailed (1816) for Amer ica at the head of a number of other refugees who had been condemned to death by the ordi nance of the 24th July. Meeting his brother here, they started to found a colony in the name of Champ d'Asile in Texas but encoun tered trouble with the Spaniards and he aban doned his plans. He had plans for releasing Napoleon, who left him 100,000 francs in his will (1821), but he is next heard of in Spain offering his services to the Constitutional party; he next went to Brussels and to Paris (in spite of the death sentence) and finally to New York, where he directed an educational establishment.
Re-entering France after the revolution of July he was reinvested (1831) with his titles and made a peer of France (1832), command ing successively the 17th and the 10th military divisions.
LALO, Edouard Victor Antoine, French composer: b. Lille, 27 Jan. 1823; d. Paris, 22 April 1892. He was a pupil, under Baumann, at the Lille branch of the Paris Conservatory, becoming first known at Paris as the violinist in Armingaud's chamber-music soirees, soon issuing his own chamber-music pieces. His opera (1867) was never presented but the ball-music was played in con certs (1872). His first full success arrived with bis grand opera play, 'Le roi d'Ys (1876), his third opera, 'La Jacquerie,> was not finished till (1896) •brought to completion by Coquard. His grand ballet, (Namouna,) was included in the grand opera (1882), then in concerts, and his pantomime, 'Nero,' was played in 1891. As composer of instrumental pieces he was more fortunate, showing warmth and talent. He wrote three violin-concertos: the first dedi cated to Sarasate, the second, 'Symphonic es pagnole,> and the third, 'Concerto ; also a cello-concerto, piano-concerto, a 'Rhapsodic norvegienne) for the orchestra, a symphony, etc.