Ripert-Monclar, André Victor Amédée, marquis de, 1807-1871.

André Victor Amédée Ripert-Monclar (1807-1871): French economist and royalist, author of several works, the most noteworthy being Des Banques en France (1840) and Catéchisme financier (1848).

Robert Browning (1812-1888), English poet.

From the description of Browning-Monclar collection, 1825-1965 (bulk 1825-1850). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702132878

André-Victor-Amédée, marquis de Ripert-Monclar, was born in Apt, in the Vaucluse, on December 25, 1807. He studied law in Paris, was called to the bar in 1824, and became an auditeur in the Chancellery two years later. In 1829, he was appointed deputy public prosecutor in Marseilles. As a Legitimist, he was dismissed from office during the July Revolution. Monclar supported the Vendéen insurrection in 1832, and was arrested as he attempted to raise the countryside for the Duchesse de Berry. He remained a Carlist, and his 1831 voyage to England was in the service of that cause. While in London, he met and became friends with Robert Browning. During the next few years Monclar traveled and continued his study of economics. He was one of the proposers of L'Omnium, a credit system which has been called the inspiration of the Crédit Mobilier. In 1838 he married Marie-Clémentine de Jernyngham, a niece of Lord Stafford, and succeeded to the marquisate the following year.

He returned to public life in 1840 with the publication of Des banques en France, and became sous-chef of the statistical bureau of the Ministry of Finance by 1847. In 1848 he published his best known work, the Catéchisme financier . Monclar was an unsuccessful candidate for the National Assembly in 1848 and 1849. He pursued his economic and statistical studies; the Statistique du Piémont appeared in 1851, and Finances d'Espagne in 1859. He also planned and drafted a comprehensive history of credit, but did not live to complete it. Throughout his career, Monclar was an active member of several learned societies, including the Institut historique and the Société française de statistique universelle.

The Marquise de Ripert-Monclar died in 1864. The couple had two children, Joseph-Anne-Amédée-François, a member of the Foreign Service, and Marie-Thérèse-Gabrielle-Victoire. Amédée de Ripert-Monclar died in Paris on February 3, 1871.

From the guide to the Browning-Monclar collection, 1825-1965, 1825-1850, (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library)