Étienne Maynon d'Invault
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Étienne Maynon d'Invault (born 1721 Paris
- 1801 Saint-Germain-en-Laye
) was a French statesman.
He was advisor to the Investigations of the Parliament of Paris in 1741. He was then master of requests (4 March 1747-29 janvier 1766), president of the Grand Council (1753), steward of Picardy
in Amiens
(August 1754). Appointed State supernumerary October 5, 1766, he became Counselor of State on November 7, 1767.
He was appointed Comptroller General of Finance September 22, 1768, and Minister of State December 10, 1768.
He proposed extending the second Vingtième
until 1772, which raised strong remonstrances of the Parliaments and drove Louis XV to hold a lit de justice
January 11, 1769 to register the edict.
He used the ordinary expedients, while preparing drastic measures that should be discussed December 19, 1769. The Boards of Finance gathered together, in a committee comprising members of both Councils.
Following this meeting, Louis XV decided not to submit the measures envisaged in the expanded Council, which led to his resignation December 19, 1769.
Paris
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- 1801 Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Saint-Germain-en-Laye is a commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France in north-central France. It is located in the western suburbs of Paris from the centre.Inhabitants are called Saint-Germanois...
) was a French statesman.
Life
Son of Vincent Maynon of Invault and Agnes Bouvard Fourqueux, in 1758 he married his cousin Elizabeth Adelaide Bouvard Fourqueux.He was advisor to the Investigations of the Parliament of Paris in 1741. He was then master of requests (4 March 1747-29 janvier 1766), president of the Grand Council (1753), steward of Picardy
Picardy
This article is about the historical French province. For other uses, see Picardy .Picardy is a historical province of France, in the north of France...
in Amiens
Amiens
Amiens is a city and commune in northern France, north of Paris and south-west of Lille. It is the capital of the Somme department in Picardy...
(August 1754). Appointed State supernumerary October 5, 1766, he became Counselor of State on November 7, 1767.
He was appointed Comptroller General of Finance September 22, 1768, and Minister of State December 10, 1768.
He proposed extending the second Vingtième
Vingtième
The vingtième was an income tax of the ancien régime in France. It was abolished during the French Revolution.-First Proposition:It was first proposed by the minister of finance, Jean-Baptiste de Machault, comte d'Arnouville, in 1749. The War of the Austrian Succession had just ended, with the...
until 1772, which raised strong remonstrances of the Parliaments and drove Louis XV to hold a lit de justice
Lit de Justice
Lit de Justice is an American Champion Thoroughbred racehorse. He was bred by Robert Sangster's Swettenham Stud, and purchased by the French racing operation Mise de Moratalla who named him for a famous Parlement of Paris known as the Lit de justice...
January 11, 1769 to register the edict.
He used the ordinary expedients, while preparing drastic measures that should be discussed December 19, 1769. The Boards of Finance gathered together, in a committee comprising members of both Councils.
Following this meeting, Louis XV decided not to submit the measures envisaged in the expanded Council, which led to his resignation December 19, 1769.