Bourdon de l'Oise, FRANÇOIS LOUIS,

Bourdon de l'Oise, FRANÇOIS LOUIS, was born in the middle of last century at Saint Remy, near Compiègne. He was a fanatical revolutionist, took an active part in the storming of the Tuileries on 10th August 1792, and under a false name obtained a seat in the Convention. Bourdon contributed to bring about the execution of Louis XVI. and the destruction of the Girondists. In La Vendée, however, he objected to the cruelties of the extreme party, and thus became suspected by the followers of Robespierre, whom he helped to overthrow in 1794. From that time he inclined more and more to the moderate or even royalist party, till in 1797 the Directory had him proscribed and transported to Cayenne, where he died soon afterwards.