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Arnaud de La Porte


NationalityFrench 
RolesAdministrator 
Date of Birth14.10.1737 - Versailles ref:673
First Known Service1.1.1756ref:673
Father
Arnaud de la PorteFrench
Administrator
Service 1731-1758
ref:673
WifeCharlotte Louise de Coteref:673
Brother
Arnaud Joseph de La PorteFrench
Administrator
Service 1781
ref:673
Last Known Service16.7.1789ref:673
Date of Death24.8.1792 - Carrousel du Louvre, Paris ref:673
Cause of DeathExecutedref:673

Event History


Date fromDate toEventSource
bef.31.12.1755 Employee in his father's Office .ref:673
1.1.1756 Appointed Petit Commissaire de la Marineref:673
27.1.1758 Appointed Commissaire Ordinaire de la Marine at Brestref:673
1760 He is responsible for directing , in the ports of Calais and Boulogne , the construction of a flotilla of flat-bottomed boats intended for a landing project in England .ref:673
9.17665.1770Appointed Contrôleur de la Marine at Brestref:673
4.17698.11.1769Appointed Membre Adjoint de l’Académie de Marineref:673
9.11.1769 Appointed Membre Honoraire de l’Académie de Marineref:673
5.1770 Retired to exercise the office of " Maître Ordinaire à la Chambre des comptes " in Paris : office inherited from his father .ref:673
1.9.1770 Appointed Contrôleur de la Marine

return to the service of the Navy

ref:673
1.1.1771 Appointed Commissaire Général Ordonnateur de la Marine at Bordeauxref:673
9.11.1776 Appointed Intendant de la Marine at Brestref:673
15.1.17818.1783Appointed Intendant Général de la Marine et des Armées Navales at Versailles

à la Cour

ref:673
28.8.178327.4.1791Appointed "Maître des Requêtes" .ref:673
1.10.1783 Appointed Intendant du Commerce Extérieur et Maritimeref:673
13.7.178916.7.1789Appointed Secrétaire d'État à la Marineref:673
1790 He emigrated to Spain then returned to France out of loyalty to Louis XVI .With Antoine Rivarol and François de Bertrand de Molleville , he coordinated the efforts of the royalists to calm the disorders of the Revolution and for this purpose founded at the Carrousel a club called "the National" .ref:673
22.12.179013.8.1792He is Intendant of the King's Civil List, with the attributions of Secretary of State and Minister of the King's Household .ref:673
21.6.1791 In the aftermath of the flight of the royal family , he refused to bring to the attention of the Assembly the letter the King sent him to justify his conduct and forbade ministers to countersign the decrees of the Assembly .ref:673
13.8.179224.8.1792Remaining at his post , he was arrested and imprisoned in the Abbey prison .He is accused of having provided the funds necessary for the escape of the King and of having destroyed documents compromising him .Tried and condemned to death by the Revolutionary Tribunal , he was executed : second person victim of the guillotine under the Revolution .ref:673

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