Charles de Freycinet
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Charles Louis de Saulces de Freycinet was a French statesman who served four times as Prime Minister during the Third Republic. He also served an important term as Minister of War. He belonged to the
Freycinet (c. 1880) by Nadar
Freycinet by Guth in Vanity Fair, April 1891
William Waddington
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William Henry Waddington was a French statesman who served as Prime Minister in 1879, and as an Ambassador of France to London.
Charles de Freycinet
…of three milliards of francs, and for the development of the canal system at a further cost of one milliard. He retained his post in the ministry of William Henry Waddington, whom he succeeded in December 1879 as Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs. He passed an amnesty for the Communards, but in attempting to…
William Waddington
"France at the Congress", caricature by T in Vanity Fair, 1878.