Chrétien François de Lamoignon de Basville

Chrétien François de Lamoignon de Bâville, also written as Chrétien François de Lamoignon de Basville (1735–1789) was a French statesman and magistrate.

Lamoignon was the Keeper of the Seals of France[1] from 8 April 1787 to 14 September 1788.[2] In this position, he was responsible for issuing the Edict of Versailles in 1787, which granted civil status and freedom of worship to France's Protestants, and for the abolition of judicial torture.

In 1789 he was found dead in his home, possibly by suicide.[3]

References
  1. Thomas E. Kaiser and Dale K. Van Kley (2011). From Deficit to Deluge: The Origins of the French Revolution. Stanford University Press. ISBN 9780804772815.
  2. Kropotkin, P. (2011). The Great French Revolution 1789-1793. New York: The Anarchist Library.
  3. Alison, Archibald (1977). History of Europe from the Commencement of the French Revolution to the Restoration of the Bourbons in MDCCCXV. Vol. 1. New York: AMS Press. pp. 389, footnote. ISBN 0-404-00391-5.


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