Clément Charles François de Laverdy

Clément Charles François de Laverdy (1723 – 24 November 1793) was a French statesman.

Life

He was a member of the parlement of Paris when the case against the Jesuits came before that body in August 1761. He demanded the suppression of the order and thus acquired popularity.

King Louis XV named him Controller-General of Finances in December 1763, but the tasks at hand seemed to surpass Laverdy's financial abilities. Three months after his nomination, he forbade the publishing of any material concerning his administration, thus refusing both advice and criticism.

Laverdy used all means, sometimes illicit ones, to replenish the treasury, and was even accused of having himself profited from the commerce in wheat. A court intrigue led to his sudden dismissal on 1 October 1768. From that moment on, he lived in retirement until, during the French Revolution, he was involved in the charges against the financiers of the Ancien Régime. The Revolutionary Tribunal sentenced him to death, and he was guillotined in 1793.

References

•  Chisholm, Hugh, ed (1911). "Laverdy, Clément Charles François de". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.  Endnote:
  • Alphonse Jobez, La France sous Louis XV (1869)

Political offices
Preceded by Henri Léonard Jean Baptiste Bertin	Controllers-General of Finances 14 December 1763 - 20 September 1768	Succeeded by Étienne Maynon d'Invault

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Name	Laverdy, Clement Charles Francois de
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Date of birth	1723
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Date of death	24 November 1793
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