Charles Claude Ange Monneron (5 April 1735, Antibes

Antibes

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, Alpes-Maritimes

Alpes-Maritimes

Alpes-Maritimes is a department in the extreme southeast corner of France.- History : was created by Octavian as a Roman military district in 14 BC, and became a full Roman province in the middle of the 1st century with its capital first at Cemenelum and subsequently at Embrun...

 - 30 May 1799, Annonay

Annonay

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) was a French businessman, banker and politician. He was intendant général of Pondichéry (making a fortune with the French East India Company

French East India Company

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), député to the Estates General of 1789 then to the National Constituent Assembly

National Constituent Assembly

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Family

His brother Paul Mérault Monneron

Paul Mérault Monneron

Paul Mérault Monneron or de Monneron was an engineer officer in the French armed forces and from 1785 to 1788 a member of Lapérouse's expedition.- Family :...

 was an engineer, and his other brothers Louis Monneron

Louis Monneron

Jean Louis Monneron , known as Monneron des Mortiers or Mortars Monneron, was a French businessman, arms supplier and politician. He supplied arms to Mauritius, becoming so rich he could advance large sums to the Spanish government...

 (1742–1805) and Pierre Antoine Monneron

Pierre Antoine Monneron

Pierre Antoine Monneron was a French merchant, banker, writer and politician. He was deputy to the French National Convention for Mauritius...

 (1747–1801) were respectively députés of the National Constituent Assembly for the East Indies

East Indies

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 and Mauritius

Mauritius

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. Another brother, Joseph François Augustin Monneron

Joseph François Augustin Monneron

Joseph François Augustin Monneron was French banker and politician, as well as an active merchant in New Orleans seeking to reestablish French influence there after the Louisiana purchase. He was deputy for Paris to the Legislative Assembly until retiring from it in 1792...

 (1756–1826) was député for Paris

Paris

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 at the Legislative Assembly

Legislative Assembly (France)

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and retired from it in 1792, before becoming Director General of the Caisse des Comptes Courants and going bankrupt in 1798.