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Jacques Necker 1732-1804

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Jacques Necker

Detail from the painting by J.S. Duplessis

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The son of a banker, Jacques Necker was born in Geneva.

In 1764, Necker married Suzanne Curchod.

In 1766, their daughter Anne-Louise-Germaine Necker, who would become the Baroness de Staël-Holstein, was born.

 

On June 29, 1777, Necker was made  Louis XVI's directeur général des finances, or finance minister.

Normally, he would have been made contrôleur général des finances, but Necker was a foreign and a Protestant at that.

For a complete list of all comptrollers-general see French finance ministers under the ancien regime

 

In January 1781, and with the King's permission, Necker published his Compte rendu au Roi (Report to the King).

Compte rendu au roi   Report to the King
Compte rendu au roi   Report to the King
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(large PDF files, might take a second to open)

 

 

In it, Necker camouflaged a deficit of 46,000,000 livres as a surplus of 10,000,000 livres, which enabled his ministry to receive new loans.

 

The Queen, Marie-Antoinette, couldn't stand the man. But she was not Necker's only critic. Necker had to resign on May 19, 1781. He retired to his humble château at Saint-Ouen, just outside Paris.

In 1783, the new finance minister was de Calonne, with whom Necker had some disagreements.

 

Necker was recalled to his desk on August 25, 1788, just in time to double the  Third Estate.

When the King fired Necker on July 11, 1789, the French took it personally and geared up for the French Revolution.

On July 14, 1789, the Bastille fell.

On July 26, 1789, Necker had his job back.

Check this event in the timeline of the French Revolution.

 

 

Necker resigned for good on September 18, 1790.

 

See also Taxation in Pre-Revolutionary France.

 

 

 

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