July Monarchy
In 1830 he joined the July Revolution and served in November 1830 as Minister of Foreign Affairs for a couple of weeks, before being sent to Vienna as ambassador. In 1833 he was made ambassador to Russia in St. Petersburg. Maison served as minister of war from 30 April 1835 to 19 September 1836 after which he retired from public life. He died in 1840.
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| Preceded by Louis-Mathieu Molé |
Minister of Foreign Affairs 2 November 1830 - 17 November 1830 |
Succeeded by Horace François Bastien, baron Sébastiani |
| Preceded by Henri Gauthier, comte de Rigny |
Minister of War 30 April 1835 - 6 September 1836 |
Succeeded by Simon Bernard |
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- This article incorporates information from the revision as of 2010-01-28 of the equivalent article on the French Wikipedia.
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| Name | Maison, Nicolas Joseph |
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| Short description | French diplomat |
| Date of birth | 19 December 1770 |
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| Date of death | 13 February 1840 |
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