Purge of the Legitimists July Monarchy

conference hall of chamber of deputies @ palais bourbon.

meanwhile, government expelled administration legitimist supporters refused pledge allegiance new regime, leading return political affairs of of personnel of first empire, had been expelled during second restoration. renewal of political , administrative staff humorously illustrated vaudeville of jean-françois bayard. minister of interior, guizot, re-appointed entire prefectoral administration , mayors of large cities. minister of justice, dupont de l eure, assisted secretary general, mérilhou, dismissed of public prosecutors. in army, general de bourmont, follower of charles x commanding invasion of algeria, replaced bertrand clauzel. generals, ambassadors, plenipotentiary ministers , half of conseil d État replaced. in chamber of deputies, quarter of seats (119) submitted new election in october, leading defeat of legitimists.

in sociological terms, however, renewal of political figures did not mark great change of elites; land-owners, civil servants , liberal professions continued dominate state of affairs, leading historian david h. pinkney deny claim of new regime of grande bourgeoisie . historian guy antonetti underscores similar sociological membership of new elites, main difference residing in substitution, inside same social group, of followers of mentality favoured spirit of 1789 opposed it: socially similar, ideologically different. 1830 change of team on same side, , not change of sides.