Jean-Antoine de Mesmes

Jean-Antoine de Mesmes ( 1661 – August 23, 1723 ) was a Parisian magistrate and member of the Académie française.

He was the son of Jean-Jacques de Mesmes, himself a member of the Académie francaise from 1676 to 1688.cite web|url=http://www.academie-francaise.fr/immortels/base/academiciens/fiche.asp?param=142|title=Jean-Antoine de MESMES on the Académie française site|accessdate=2007-12-07]

He was elected to the twenty-second seat of the Académie française on January 18, 1710, replacing (and thus eulogizing) Louis de Verjus, comte de Crécy, and was received by François de Callières on March 20, 1710 (following the procedures of membership).

In 1712, de Mesmes was elected to the presidency of the Parlement of Paris. His admonishment of the king for the Law affairfact|date=December 2007 and for the elevation of Cardinal Dubois to the archdiocese of Cambrai earned for the entire Parlement an exile to Pontoise. He was a familiar of the court in Sceaux.fact|date=December 2007

Upon de Mesmes's death, the twenty-second seat was succeeded by Pierre-Joseph Alary. His family neglected to advertise his membership in the Academy in his obituary; when the Academy expressed a certain astonishment, his brother sent a letter of apology and regret.

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