Jean-François-Marie Arquier
French jurist (1761-1794)
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Jean-François-Marie d'Arquier de Barbegal (1761–1794), also known as de Baumelles,[1] parliamentarian from Aix in the 18th century, was involved in the federalist movement of 1793 during the French Revolution.
Biography
Jean-François-Marie Arquier was born in La Ciotat on 17 June 1761[n 1]. He is the son of François, Sieur de Barbegal, Lord of Baumelles, and Françoise Richard.[2] He became advisor to the Parliament in Aix on 28 June 1782.[2] Later he was initiated into a Masonic lodge in Aix, but remained there only two years, until 1786. [n 2][3] On the eve of the French Revolution, he attended meetings of the nobility for the bailliage of Aix in 1789.[4]
Arquier embraced the federalist cause before the Reign of Terror, then was sentenced to death by the Military Commission in Marseille on 26 Pluviose Year II (14 February 1794).[5][6]
He was guillotined the following day, 27 Pluviose Year II (15 February 1794), in Marseille.[7]
