Jean-Baptiste-Jacques Élie de Beaumont

Who is Jean-Baptiste-Jacques Élie de Beaumont?

Jean-Baptiste-Jacques Élie de Beaumont was a French lawyer from an old Norman Protestant family.

Élie de Beaumont was called to the bar in 1752 and was an attorney for the Parlement of Normandy, and made his name at the Paris bar, before being forced by poor health, from giving pleadings. He then confined himself to publishing legal briefs, where he showed a keen sense of fairness, the art of presenting the facts and gathering evidence, which made him a European reputation.

His claim to fame is the Memoir for the Children of Calas. The brilliant part he took in the Calas affair earned him, among Protestants, gratitude and a high reputation.

His wife was the writer Anne-Louise Élie de Beaumont and his grandson, the geologist Jean-Baptiste Élie de Beaumont.