Claude Guillaume Lambert
Claude Guillaume Lambert | |
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Lambert c.1761 | |
| Controller-General of Finances | |
| In office 1790–1790 | |
| Monarch | Louis XVI |
| Preceded by | Joseph Foullon de Doué |
| Succeeded by | Claude Antoine de Valdec de Lessart |
| In office September 1787 – August 1788 | |
| Monarch | Louis XVI |
| Preceded by | Pierre-Charles Laurent de Villedeuil |
| Succeeded by | Joseph Foullon de Doué |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 August 1726 Paris, France |
| Died | 27 June 1794 (aged 67) Paris, France |
| Cause of death | Execution by guillotine |
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Claude Guillaume Lambert (9 August 1726 – 27 June 1794) was a French statesman and lawyer who served as Controller-General of Finances from 1787 to 1788 and again in 1790 under King Louis XVI. He was executed during the French revolution.
Life
Birth and early life
Claude Guillaume Lambert was born on 9 August 1726.[1]
Career
Lambert entered Parliament in 1748. He leant towards constitutionalism though never actively supported it. Ne served as Controller-General of Finances from 1787 to 1788[2] and again briefly in 1790 before his resignation due to the fiscal crisis.[1] He was became a Master of Requests in 1767.[3]
Trial and execution
Lambert settled in Lyon in August 1792. He was arrested under the Law of Suspects following his second trial. He was accused of authorising new taxes without the consent of the national and also of not paying his own taxes. He was subsequently executed by guillotine on 27 June 1794.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Guffroy, Vincent (9 May 2023). "Servir l'État : Claude Guillaume Lambert (1726-1794) ou la vertu en politique". Annales historiques de la Révolution française (in French). 411 (1): 181–189. doi:10.3917/ahrf.411.0181. ISSN 0003-4436.
- ^ Horn, Jeff (29 August 2008). The Path Not Taken: French Industrialization in the Age of Revolution, 1750-1830. MIT Press. ISBN 978-0-262-26312-2.
- ^ Hardman, John (1995). French Politics, 1774-1789: From the Accession of Louis XVI to the Fall of the Bastille. Longman. ISBN 978-0-582-23649-3.