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Barbé-Marbois, François, marquis de, 1745-1837

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Personal name headingBarbé-Marbois, François, marquis de, 1745-1837
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Variant(s)Barbé, François, marquis de, 1745-1837
Barbé de Marbois, François, marquis de, 1745-1837
Marbois, François Barbé-, marquis de, 1745-1837
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Birth date17450131
Death date18370114
Place of birthMetz (France)
Place of deathParis (France)
Field of activityInternational relations France--Politics and government
AffiliationFrance. Corps législatif (1795-1814). Conseil des anciens France. Direction du trésor France. Cour des comptes
Profession or occupationDiplomats--France
Found inM.me de Pompadour mi ha detto--, 1981 (name not given; a version of Lettres de Madame la marquise de Pompadour, attributed to Barbé-Marbois by Barbier, A.A., Ouvrages anonymes, and Quérard, J.-M. Les supercheries littéraires dévoilées)
LC data base, 9-14-83 (hdg.: Barbé-Marbois, François, Marquis de, 1745-1837; usage: François, Marquis de Barbé-Marbois; François Barbé-Marbois) LC manual auth. card (Barbé-Marbois, François, marquis de 1745-1837)
Bib. nat. (Barbé-Marbois, François, marquis de; in auth. statement: mis, marquis, comte)
Deviosse, J. L'homme qui vendit la Louisiane, c1989: p. 11 (François Barbé) page 447 (Lettres de Madame la marquise de Pompadour included in bibliography of his works)
BnF authorities, July 28, 2014 (Barbé de Marbois, François (1745-1837); born 1745-01-31, Metz; died 1837-01-14, Paris; politician; Chargé d'affaires in the Ministère des Affaires étrangères, conseiller d'État, then director of the Treasury and first president of the Cour des comptes; created comte de l'Empire in 1805, then pair de France in 1814; usage in works cited: M. Barbé de Marbois, intendant à Saint-Domingue; le comte Barbé-Marbois, ministre ... de la Justice; M. le marquis de Marbois)
Larousse Web site, July 28, 2014 (François, marquis de Barbé de Marbois, French diplomat and statesman (Metz 1745-Paris 1937; consul general in the United States, intendant of Saint-Domingue before the Revolution, mayor of Metz and member of the Conseil des anciens, of which he was president 1795-1797; deported to French Guiana 1797-1799; freed after the coup of 18 brumaire (Nov. 9, 1799), he became member of the Conseil d'État, then was named minister of the Treasury by Bonaparte, in which capacity he negotiated the sale of the territory of Louisiana to the U.S. (1803); first president of the Cour des comptes, 1807; voted for the dethronement of the Emperor in 1814; under the Bourbon restoration, made a peer of France and confirmed as first president of the Cour des comptes, 1815-1834; briefly minister of justice and garde de Sceaux (1815-1816))
French Wikipedia, July 28, 2014 (François Barbé-Marbois; marquis François Barbé-Marbois, born 31 January 1745, Metz, died12 January 1837, Paris; French diplomat and politician; titles: Comte Barbé de Marbois et de l'Empire (by letters patent of 28 April 1813); Pair de France (4 June 1814, marquis-pair hereditary, 31 August 1817, by letters patent of 20 December 1817)
OCLC, July 28, 2014 (usage includes: M. Barbé de Marbois; Marquis F. de Barbé de Marbois; François Barbé de Marbois, conseiller du Roi en ses conseils & en son Parlement de Metz, intendant de justice, police, finances, de la guerre & et de la Marine desdites isles; Barbé-Marbois; M. le comte Barbé de Marbois; Barbé-Marbois, membre du Conseil des Anciens; Barbé Marbois, peer of France; M. Barbé-Marbois; M. le marquis de Barbé-Marbois; le Comte de Barbé-Marbois; François, marquis de Barbé-Marbois)
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