Jean Moreau de Séchelles [SEP] date of death
Jean Moreau de Séchelles
Jean Moreau de Séchelles (; 10 May 1690 – 31 December 1761) was a French official and politician.
Biography.
Made a maître des requêtes 13 October 1719, he was the intendant of Hainaut in Valenciennes from 1727 to 1743. He was the intendant of Lille from 1743 to 1754 while simultaneously the intendant of Flanders from May 1745 until 18 October 1748 during its French occupation.
He was named the controller-general of finances, replacing Jean-Baptiste de Machault d'Arnouville 20 July 1754
her marriage to René Hérault. Hélène Moreau de Séchelles gave birth to a son in 1737, Jean-Baptiste Martin Hérault de Séchelles - the father of Marie-Jean, who died in 1759, at the Battle of Minden, where Contades was commanding the French army. Contades took care of Marie-Jean Hérault de Séchelles after the early death of his father. He had arranged to marry his illegitimate son Jean-Baptiste Martin Hérault de Séchelles to his wife's niece, so that he might present himself in society as