Claude Baudard de Saint-James

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Claude Baudard de Saint-James

Claude Baudard de Saint-James^[1] (born on May 7, 1738 in Angers and died on July 5, 1787 in Paris) baron of Sainte-Gemmes, lord of Murs, Mont-Saint-Père, Crézancy, Gland, and Chartèves was a French financier of the 18th century.

Biography[]

He was the son of Marguerite Baudry de La Gaucherie and Georges Nicolas Baudard de Vaudésir (cousin of Louis Baudard de Fontaine), collector of prizes at the Angers election who became general treasurer of the Colonies, he succeeded him in 1758 in the functions of general treasurer of the Navy and the Colonies and develops his father's business in an extraordinary way. He was associated with all the major industrial and financial companies of his time: the Compagnie du Nord, the , the Compagnie des eaux de Paris, the copper mines of Baïgorry and Decize or the great contract to supply the navy of 150,000 to 300,000 cubic feet of lumber,^[2] associated with the Saint - Malo trader Marion-Brillantais.

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