Marc David Alba Lasource
Marc-David Alba also known as Marc-David Lasource was a French statesman during the French Revolution, and a supporter of the Girondist faction during the National Convention.Biography
Born in Anglès, in the Department of Tarn in southwest France. A Huguenot, he studied theology at the seminary of Lausanne, Switzerland and received a certificate of consecration on 18 June 1784. He went on to hold the position of secretary at the provincial synod of Haut-Languedoc and served as a Protestant minister at Castres
Elected as a representative of the Department of Tarn to the Legislative Assembly. He was appointed a member of the Extraordinary Commission of Twelve
Alba was elected to the National Convention once again as a deputy for Tarn, and he developed ties with the Girondist faction. He nevertheless voted for the death sentence in the trial of Louis XVI. He was sent on a mission to Nice, a city recently conquered by the French armies, and called its unification with France. He also served as a member of the Committee of General Security and as President of the National Convention. He made many powerful enemies, including Georges Danton, whom he accused of complicity in the treason of General Dumouriez. With the fall of the Girondists he was proscribed and removed from the Convention, and ultimately condemned to death by the revolutionary tribunal ; guillotined.Note on his name
In some sources, his first name is recorded as Marie-David; La Source is a nom de guerre adopted by Alba as a Protestant priest prosecuted by official authorities. Jean Bon Saint-André and Jean-Paul Rabaut Saint-Étienne changed their names under similar circumstance.
