Paul-Édouard Lehodey

Biography

Paul-Édouard Lehodey (1798–1869) was a French notary whose professional career served the legal and administrative needs of nineteenth-century France. As a notary, Lehodey played an essential role in documenting property transfers, contracts, and other legal matters vital to French civil society.

Lehodey's seventy-one years of life encompassed the full span of the nineteenth century's first seven decades, during which he maintained his professional practice through periods of political change. He was interred in Père Lachaise Cemetery, reflecting his standing in Parisian society.