Claude Louis d'Espinchal, marquis de Massiac (15 November 1686,
Brest – 15 August 1770,
Paris
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) was a French Admiral and Minister.
He was son of Barthélémy d'Espinchal de Massiac, 1626–1700, lawyer. Claude-Louis-René de Mordant, Marquis of Massiac (1746–1806), inherited his fortune including sugar plantations in
Santo Domingo
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. He held the
Club de l'hôtel de Massiac at the Hotel de Massiac, which opposed the
Society of the Friends of the Blacks
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.
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18th-century French politicians
French nobility
1686 births
1770 deaths
French Navy officers from Brest, France