Marc-Pierre de Voyer de Paulmy Count of Argenson
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Marc-Pierre de Voyer de Paulmy, Count of Argenson, is a French statesman born in Paris on August 16, 1696 and died in the same city on August 26, 1764.
He was lieutenant general of police (1720, then 1722-1724), following his father Marc-René de Voyer de Paulmy d'Argenson (1652-1721), chancellor of the Duke of Orléans from 1723 to 1740, then minister of state (1742) and secretary of state for war of Louis XV from January 1743 to February 1757.
Marc-Pierre de Voyer de Paulmy, Count of Argenson, is a French statesman born in Paris on August 16, 1696 and died in the same city on August 26, 1764.
He was lieutenant general of police (1720, then 1722-1724), following his father Marc-René de Voyer de Paulmy d'Argenson (1652-1721), chancellor of the Duke of Orléans from 1723 to 1740, then minister of state (1742) and secretary of state for war of Louis XV from January 1743 to February 1757.