Auguste Cleemann de LASSENCE [4084]

  General Notes:

In 1838 Auguste was sentenced for several years in jail for having sold the shares of a mine company, which actually had no substance. He left France a few hours before the sentence was pronounced, the scandal was huge at that time and his family were forced to leave with him for Germany.

Auguste became the black sheep among the Cleemann-Lassence families, but seem to have avoided any other major misbehavior. He and his family moved to Pau France in 1855

Images courtesy of Louis de Lassence Family History - 2019
The drawing was published in Le Charivari (a famous satirical newspaper) on September 3rd,1838, after he had fled from France. Until then, the press had not been allowed to publish any picture from him (censorship was very strict). According to Le Siècle dated Sept. 6, this portrait is very realistic ("striking resemblance").
The photography is a family document, most likely dating from around 1870.
Louis de Lassence.

Auguste married Mary Elizabeth ALSTON [4083] [MRIN: 1407], daughter of Justinian ALSTON [4041] and Mary KERR [4052], on 16 Jan 1840 in Frankfurt sur le Main Germany. (Mary Elizabeth ALSTON [4083] was born on 26 Oct 1821 in Middlesex, baptised on 20 Nov 1821 in St Marylebone Westminster LND and died on 20 May 1893 in Mazères-Lezons France.)