Editing François Barbé-Marbois (section)

==Empire, Restoration, and July Monarchy==
Loyal to the [[First French Empire|First Empire]], he was made grand officer of the [[Legion of Honour]] and a [[count]] in 1805, and in 1808 he became president of the ''[[Cour des Comptes]]''. His career as Head of the Treasury ended in 1806. In return for these favours, he heaped praise upon Napoleon; yet, in 1814, he helped to draw up the act of abdication of the emperor, and declared to the ''Cour des Comptes'', with reference to the invasion of France by the [[Sixth Coalition]]:
:"...united for the most beautiful of causes, it is long since we have been as free as we are now, in the presence of the foreigner in arms."{{sfn|Chisholm|1911|p=386}}

In June of that year, under the [[First Restoration]], Barbé-Marbois was made [[Peerage of France|Peer of France]] by King [[Louis XVIII]], and confirmed in his office as president of the ''Cour des Comptes''. Deprived of his positions by Napoleon during the [[Hundred Days]], he was appointed Minister of Justice under the [[Armand-Emmanuel du Plessis, duc de Richelieu|Duc de Richelieu]] (August 1815), tried unsuccessfully to gain the confidence of the [[Ultra-Royalist]]s, and withdrew at the end of nine months (10 May 1816).{{sfn|Chisholm|1911|p=386}}

In 1830, when the [[July Revolution]] brought [[Louis-Philippe of France|Louis Philippe]] and the [[July Monarchy|Orléans Monarchy]], Barbé-Marbois went, as president of the ''Cour des Comptes'', to compliment the new king, and was confirmed in his position. He held his office until April 1834.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911|p=386}}