Charles-Gérard Eyschen

Charles-Gérard Eyschen (2 June 1800 – 28 September 1859) was a Luxembourgian politician and jurist. An Orangist,^[1] Eyschen served in the cabinet of Charles-Mathias Simons as Director-General for Justice.

Born in Baschleiden in 1800,^[2] Eyschen became a lawyer. In 1826, he earned his doctorate in law from the University of Liège,^[2] and in 1829, he obtained a doctorate in philosophy, also at Liège.^[3] He became a judge on the Court of First Instance in Diekirch,^[3] but resigned the following year, when he moved to Luxembourg City.^[4] He returned to the judiciary in 1832, becoming judge on the Court of First Instance in Luxembourg City.^[4] He became President of the Arrondisement Tribunal in Diekirch in 1840, and transferred to the same (but more prestigious) position in Luxembourg City in 1842.^[4] He was appointed to the judiciary's supreme court, the Superior Court of Justice, in 1843.^[4]

He failed to be elected to the Constituent Assembly that drafted the grand duchy's first Constitution in 1848.^[1] However, he was subsequently elected to the Chamber of Deputies, which the Constitution established and which succeeded the Constituent Assembly, representing Echternach from 1848 to 1854 and Clervaux from 1854.^[1] Eyschen became a minister as Director-General for Justice in the administration of Charles-Mathias Simons.^[5] He played a crucial role in the so-called 'Coup of 1856', in which the King-Grand Duke greatly expanded his power and established the Council of State.^[5] The following year, Eyschen left the ministry, and returned to being a judge.^[6]

Eyschen died two years later, after a long illness.^[7] He married Marie-Christine Wurth (1804 – 1846) in 1832, who had five children by Eyschen before her death. Two of these children died in infancy, but one, Paul Eyschen, would be Prime Minister for twenty-seven years.^[7] He remarried to Wurth's cousin, Jeanne-Françoise Wurth (1809 – 1883), in 1850.^[7]

Footnotes

1. ^ ^{a b c} Mersch (1953), p. 81
2. ^ ^{a b} Mersch (1953), p. 78
3. ^ ^{a b} Mersch (1953), p. 79
4. ^ ^{a b c d} Mersch (1953), p. 80
5. ^ ^{a b} Mersch (1953), p. 83
6. ^ Mersch (1953), p. 84
7. ^ ^{a b c} Mersch (1953), p. 85

References

• (French) Mersch, Jules (1953). "Paul Eyschen". In Mersch, Jules. Biographie nationale du pays de Luxembourg. Luxembourg City: Victor Buck. http://www.luxemburgensia.bnl.lu/cgi/luxonline1_2.pl?action=fv&sid=luxbio&vol=05&page=71. Retrieved 3 December 2009. 

Political offices
Preceded by François-Xavier Wurth	Director-General for Justice 1856 – 1857	Succeeded by Guillaume-Mathias Augustin

Persondata
Name	Eyschen, Charles-Gérard
Alternative names
Short description	Luxembourgian politician
Date of birth	2 June 1800
Place of birth	Baschleiden, Luxembourg
Date of death	28 September 1859
Place of death