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DESCRIPTION: Here a Brighton Corporation slate roundel, its lettering carefully coloured, celebrates the stay of PRINCE CHARLES MAURICE DE TALLEYRAND-PERIGORD (1754-1835) in Brighton in 1831. A diplomat and a statesman with a talent for survival, he served both Napoleon and the restored French monarchy. He was his countryÕs ambassador to London from 1830 to 1834.

CREDITS: Duncan McNeill