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Saint-Florentin, Louis Phélypeaux, comte de, 1705-1777

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Personal name headingSaint-Florentin, Louis Phélypeaux, comte de, 1705-1777
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Variant(s)De Saint-Florentin, Louis Phélypeaux, comte, 1705-1777
La Vrillière, Louis Phélypeaux, duc de, 1705-1777
Phélypeaux, Louis, comte de Saint-Florentin, 1705-1777
Philipeaux, Louis, comte de Saint-Florentin, 1705-1777
Vrillière, Louis Phélypeaux, duc de La, 1705-1777
St.-Florentin, Louis Phélypeaux, comte de, 1705-1777
St. F****, Graf de, 1705-1777
St. F****, Mr. de, 1705-1777
Phélypeaux, 1705-1777
Other standard no.10605519
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Birth date1705-08-18
Death date1777-02-27
Place of birthParis (France)
Place of deathParis (France)
Field of activityFrance--Politics and government--1715-1774
AffiliationAcadémie royale des sciences (France) Freemasons Ordre du Saint-Esprit
Profession or occupationCabinet officers--France Statesmen--France
Found inHis The state of the nation consider'd, in a letter to a member of Parliament, 1747: p. 58 (signed, Louis Philipeaux)
Hoefer (Saint-Florentin, Louis Phelypeaux, comte de; b. 8/18/1705; d. 2/27/1777; French minister; better known under the name Saint-Florentin than the title Marquis de La Vrillière which he inherited upon the death of his father in 1725)
Grand dict. univ. (Saint-Florentin, Louis-Phelypeaux, duc de La Vrillière, comte de; b. 1705; d. 1777; created duc de La Vrillière in 1770)
Bib. nat. (hdg.: Saint-Florentin, Louis Phelypeaux, mis de La Vrillière, cte de)
Glaubens-Bekenntnis des Herrn Franz Maria Arouet von Voltaire, Herr zu Ferney, Tourney, Pregny und Chambesy, 1769: page 33 (Brief des Herrn Grafen von St. F*** ... vom 13. Junius 1768)
Confession de foi de messire François-Marie Arouet de Voltaire, seigneur de Ferney, Tourney, Prégny et Chambèsy, 1769, via Google Books, May 27, 2015: page 31 (Lettre de Mr. de St. F**** ... du 13 juin, 1768)
Damian-Grint, Peter. Biographical note, Jan. 2009, on Electronic Enlightenment Web site, viewed May 27, 2015 (Louis Phélypeaux, marquis de La Vrillière [fils]; (born 1705-died 1777), French; government minister; son of Louis Phélypeaux (1672-1725), marquis de La Vrillière; succeeded his father as Secrétaire d'État de la Religion prétendue réformée (government minister with responsibility for Huguenots) in 1749; minister of the Maison du Roi 1749-1775; foreign minister 1770-1771; resigned over controversy about his use of lettres de cachet; known as comte de Saint-Florentin during his father's life, he succeeded him as marquis de La Vrillière in 1725; created duc de La Vrillière in 1770; lists letters, including "Louis Phélypeaux, marquis de La Vrillière [fils] to Jean Pierre Biord, bishop of Geneva-Annecy ... 14 June 1768" [note: one manuscript "wrongly has 13"])
Bibliothèque nationale de France. BnF autorités, May 27, 2015 (Saint-Florentin, Louis Phélypeaux (1705-1777 ; comte de); born 1705-08-18, Paris (France); died 1777-02-27, Paris (France); statesman; member of the Académie des sciences (1740))
Wikipedia, May 27, 2015 (Louis Phélypeaux, comte de Saint-Florentin; Louis Phélypeaux (1705-1777) comte de Saint-Florentin, marquis (1725) and duc de La Vrillière (1770; French politician; Freemason; named to the Order of the Holy Spirit, where he served as chancellor)
French Wikipedia, May 27, 2015 (Louis Phélypeaux de Saint-Florentin; Louis III Phélypeaux, comte de Saint-Florentin, marquis (1725) then duc (1770) de La Vrillière, born18 Aug. 1705, died 27 Feb. 1777; French statesman)
France. Arrest du Conseil d'estat du roy, rendu au sujet du privilége ci-devant accordé pour l'impression de l'ouvrage intitulé, De l'esprit, du 10 août, 1758, 1758: page 2 (At end: Fait au Conseil d'etat du roy, Sa Majesté y étant, tenu à Versailles le dix août mil sept cent cinquante-huit. Signé, Phelypeaux)
Helvétius. Correspondance générale d'Helvétius, v. 2, c1984: page 307 (reprints the text of the "Arrest" of Aug. 10, 1758, with note to "Phelypeaux": "Nom de famille du comte de Saint-Florentin")
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