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Joseph de Pellerin de Plainville (Seigneur de Plainville)


NationalityFrench 
RolesAdministrator 
Date of Birth28.4.1684 - Marly-le-Roi , Yvelinesref:673
First Known Service9.1706ref:673
WifeMarie Anne Delalande - Married 7.2.1714 - Notre Dame, Versailles ref:631
Son-in-Law
Jean Louis Albert de RancheFrench
Administrator
Service 1720-1762
ref:673
Son-in-Law
Arnaud de la PorteFrench
Administrator
Service 1731-1758
ref:673
Last Known Service1773ref:673
Date of Death2.8.1783 - Château de Plainville , Plainville , Oiseref:673

Event History


Date fromDate toEventSource
  Appointed Seigneur de Séréville , de Broyes et du Cardonnoyref:631
9.1706 Appointed Commis au Bureau des Consulats

of Spain

ref:673
1.1.1707 Appointed Ecrivain Ordinaire de la Marineref:631
11.1711 Appointed Private Secretary of Ponchartrain , Secretary of State .ref:673
1716 Appointed Commis Principal au Secrétariat du Conseil de Marineref:673
9.1718 Appointed Commissaire Ordinaire de la Marine at Brestref:673
4.1721 Appointed Commissaire Ordinaire de la Marine at Rochefortref:673
4.1723 Appointed Secretary of Maurepas , Secretary of State .ref:673
4.17287.1738Appointed Premier Commis au Bureau de la Marine du Levantref:673
7.1738 Appointed Premier Administrateur de la Marineref:631
7.17381.1745Appointed Premier Commis au Bureau de la Marine du Levant et du Ponantref:673
1.1745 He left active service due to health problems linked to overwork , as commissioner general .ref:673
1.17451750His retirement was only partial as he was often consulted (Maurepas visited him at home for consultations , so much was his opinion appreciated) and he even undertook trips with several ministers including Maurepas in 1749 to the ports of Provence , Languedoc and Flanders and Rouillé in 1749 , in Le Havre and in 1750 in Brest .ref:631
1.17451773Appointed Commissaire Général de la Marine

at his retirement . In 1773 , at the age of 89 and almost entirely blind , he still retained his post as commissioner general and still received his salary - arguably the oldest staff in government .

ref:631
1752 Appointed Membre Fondateur de l’Académie de Marineref:673
1762 Appointed Seigneur de Plainvilleref:631

Notes on Officer


Numismatistref:673

A prominent numismatist , he built a collection of Greek coins which he will sell to the King . (Now kept at the National Library) .
His collection of medals of kings , peoples and cities , made him one of the founders of numismatic science .


Notesref:673

Studies at the college of Navarre before 1706.



Sources


IDNameAuthorType
ref:631Geneanet Web Site
ref:673Parcours d'officiers dans la Royale Web Site
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