Gabriel Nicolas de la Reynie

Gabriel Nicolas de la Reynie

male, deceased (1709)
Gabriel Nicolas de la Reynie is considered to be the founder of the first modern police force. Born in 1625 in Limoges, France to a poor family,...

René Hérault

male, deceased (1740)
René Hérault, seigneur de Fontaine-l'Abbé et de Vaucresson, simply known as René Hérault, and sometimes as René Hérault de Vaucresson, was a French...
Antoine de Sartine

Antoine de Sartine

male, deceased (1801)
Antoine Raymond Jean Gualbert Gabriel de Sartine, comte d'Alby (July 12, 1729 - September 7, 1801) was a French statesman who served as Lieutenant...

Gabriel Taschereau de Baudry

male, deceased (1755)
Gabriel Taschereau, seigneur de Baudry was a French administrator. Born in Tours, he was the son of Jean Taschereau de Baudry, who had served as...

Nicolas Ravot D'Ombreval

male, deceased (1729)
Nicolas Jean-Baptiste Ravot, seigneur d'Ombreval (September 28, 1680 - October 18, 1729) was a French magistrate and administrator who served as...

Marc-René De Voyer De Paulmy D'Argenson

male, deceased (1721)
Marc-René de Voyer de Paulmy, 1st marquis d'Argenson was a French politician, born 4 November, 1652 in Venice, died in Paris 8 May, 1721. Argenson w...