Guillaume-Xavier Labbey de Pompières

[2] At first Labbey de Pompières supported the revolutionary ideas, but became frightened of what was happening, became a suspect, and in 1793 was imprisoned.

[2] He was an opponent of imperial despotism, and voted for printing the report by Joseph Lainé on the political situation in France after the French defeat in the Battle of Leipzig (16–19 October 1813).

[1] Labbey de Pompières supported the first Bourbon Restoration, and helped the dynasty return after the fall of Napoleon in 1814.

Speaking on the subject of restoring the goods of émigrés that had not been sold, he proposed to place all the property in the hands of King Louis XVIII of France to distribute as he saw fit.

[1] During the Hundred Days (20 March to 8 July 1815) when Napoleon returned from exile, Labbey de Pompierres was elected on 8 May 1815 to represent the department of Aisne in the Chamber.

[2] As a constitutional monarchist, Labbey de Pompières remained in retirement for a few years after the second Bourbon Restoration.

[3] He was one of the 221 deputies who voted in March 1830 for an address hostile to the Ministry of Jules de Polignac, which led to the dissolution of the chamber.

[6] Paris was calm the next day, although there were stirrings of protest against the blows the ordinances had dealt against the powers of the legislators and the press.

[7] On 27 July 1831 the deputies present in Paris met at the house of Labbey de Pompières as the oldest member.

[8] Labbey de Pompierres continued to agitate in different places in Paris during the July Revolution, and worked with all his power for the accession of Louis-Philippe.