Nicole Robinet de La Serve

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Jean-Pierre-François Nicole Robinet de La Serve (1791, Isle Bourbon – 20 December 1842, Salazie) was a French journalist, lawyer and politician.[1]

Biography[]

La Serve fought in the Indian Ocean during the Napoleonic wars. After La Réunion was captured by the British, he went to Paris, where he also fought in the defence of the city. He lived in the palace of , at . Chevassut was a remote relative, whose daughter he married, and who allowed him to join the Constitutionnel.

La Serve came to know Benjamin Constant and Jacques-Antoine Manuel, and became an opponent to the Bourbon Restauration, denouncing its excesses in , an essay published in 1819. His positions attracted suspicions, and he came to be involved in an affair linked to that of the Four Sergeants of La Rochelle; he was trialed, and afterwards returned to La Réunion, where his mother was dying.[1]

At La Réunion, La Serve initiated and became one of the main contributors of the movement. Constantly opposed to governor , he obtained the creation of an elected body, the (colonial Council of Bourbon). However, his positions for the abolition of slavery cut him from his supporters.[1]

He died at Salazie on 20 December 1842,[1] retired from society, soon after his daughter.[2]

Nicole Robinet de La Serve fathered Alexandre Robinet de La Serve,[1] deputy and senator of La Réunion.

Legacy[]

Thérèse Troude contends that Nicole Robinet de La Serve is featured in , by , as Adrien de la Caze, the character who shelters the heroin, , at during her forced stay in Bourbon. The character also has featured of other historical figures, notably .[2]

was one of his familiars during his youth, soon before La Serve died, and dedicated of the poems of to him.[1]

Notes and references[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f Robinet de La Serve : l'énergumène créole, , – ISBN 978-2-916533-24-7.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "Conférence de Th. Troude", Thérèse Troude, Saint-Denis, 19 October 1933, in , , – ISBN 978-2-916533-33-9.

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