André Haudry
André Haudry | |
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Haudry by an unknown artist | |
| Born | 1688 |
| Died | 1769 (aged 80–81) |
| Occupation | Fermier général |
André Haudry, lord of Soucy (hamlet of Fontenay-lès-Briis), Fontenay, Janvry, de Segrez and other places (7 November 1688 – 30 December 1769) was an 18th-century French fermier général.
Biography
Born in Corbeil-Essonnes. He was successively assistant tax collector in Corbeil, head of the Paris tax office, tax collector for Brittany (1738-1740), involved in the king's affairs in 1740, deputy tax collector for the Aides and Domaines (1726-1744), then tax collector general from 1745 to 1769.[1]
In 1740, he purchased the office of advisor-secretary to the King, House and Crown of France, which conferred a first-degree knighthood, resigning in 1765.[2]
He died in his Paris home in 1769 and was buried in the chapel of his château de Soucy on 1 January 1770. His body was moved to the communal cemetery in Fontenay-lès-Briis by decision of its town council in 1857.
References
- ^ Thierry Claeys (2008). Dictionnaire biographique des Financiers en France au XVIIIe siècle, tome 1. Paris: SPM. p. 1074-1078.
- ^ Christine Favre-Lejeune (1986). Les Secrétaires du Roi de la Grande Chancellerie de France - Dictionnaire biographique et généalogique (1672-1789). Paris: Sedopols. p. 1318.