LOCKROY, bYkrwii' ( properly Si moN Euol'.vcfl ETIENNE ANIOINE 1838—). A French journalist and politician. Ile was the son of the dramatist .loseph Philippe Simon Loekroy (d803 91), and was horn in Paris. in 1860 he went to Italy and fought under Caribaldi in the Sicil ian eampaign. Soon afterwards he accompanied Return as secretary on his travels through Pal estine (1860-64). 'Upon his return to Paris he began his journalistic career, and contributed to the Ptqmro and the Diable it ()Haire. His articles in Lc Rappel resulted in his being im prisoned for four months (1869). lie was a member of the National Assembly in 1871. Dur ing the troubles of the Commune he was ar rested and was again imprisoned for a few months. A year later, when editor of Lc Pen plc Sourrain. he was imprisoned for his duel with Paid de Cassagnac, and again for an ar ticle in La (ln Territoire (15731. In
the same year he was elected to the National Assembly as a member of the Extreme left. Ile was Minister of Commerce and Industry (1886 S7) and Minister of Public Instruction (1888). and lie directed the formation of the Universal Exposition of 1880. Ile was twice vice-president of the Chamber (1589 and 1893) as head of the Radical Party, and afterwards Minister of Ma rine (1595-96). Some of his numerous contri butions to the journals and magazines have been gathered into the following volumes: .4. has Tr progres (1870); La Commune et l'.Is.cembhFr 11871): L'ile n'roltr'e (1877) ; and :Ihnied le boucher (1888). He also edited the memoirs of his grandmother, :Mine. Jullien, as the Journal dune bourgeoise pendant is liFrolulion, 1791-93 (1881).