military personnel
Jean-Frédéric de la Tour du Pin-Gouvernet.
French noble and statesman (1727-1794)
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About Jean-Frédéric de la Tour du Pin-Gouvernet
Jean-Frédéric de La Tour du Pin Gouvernet,, comte de Paulin, was a French nobleman, general and politician. After a military career that spanned over forty years, he was elected deputy to the Estates-General of 1789 for the nobility. His short political life came to an end after his nomination as the penultimate Secretary of State for War at the start of the French Revolution. A monarchist, he was sentenced to death and guillotined in 1794 alongside his elder brother Philippe-Antoine.
Everything about Jean-Frédéric de la Tour du Pin-Gouvernet →- Occupation
- military personnel, politician
- Position held
- deputy to the National Constituent Assembly of 1789, Secretary of State for War of France
- Citizenship
- France
- Born
- March 22, 1727
- Died
- April 28, 1794