Michel Pierre Alexis Hébert was born in Granville, Manche, on 7 July 1799.
He was involved in debates on tobacco, bankruptcies, assizes and secret ballots for jury decisions.
He opposed French intervention in Spain, and was involved in various debates relating to legal issues.
[1] A few days after the republic was proclaimed during the February Revolution of 1848 Hébert fled France for England to avoid an arrest warrant.
He died in the Château de Saint-Gervais d'Asnières, in Asnières, Eure, on 19 April 1887 at the age of 87.