louis, pierre, chastenet, puységur, louis, pierre, chastenet, comte, puységur, december, 1727, rabastens, tarn, october, 1807, rabastens, french, soldier, under, ancien, régime, lieutenant, général, from, 1781, became, minister, ministry, jacques, necker, from. Louis Pierre de Chastenet comte de Puysegur 30 December 1727 Rabastens Tarn October 1807 Rabastens was a French soldier under the Ancien Regime A lieutenant general from 1781 he became minister of war in the ministry of Jacques Necker from 30 November 1788 to 12 July 1789 Replaced by Victor Francois 2nd duc de Broglie he received marks of esteem from the Assembly Remaining faithful to the king he commanded a small troop of gentlemen and defended the Tuileries against the Revolutionaries on 10 August 1792 and emigrated soon afterwards He returned on Napoleon s seizure of power on 18 Brumaire and institution of the First French Empire and died in his home town Political officesPreceded byAthanase Louis Marie de Lomenie comte de Brienne Secretary of State for War1788 1789 Succeeded byVictor Francois 2nd duc de Broglie This biographical article related to the French military is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Louis Pierre de Chastenet de Puysegur amp oldid 1087375917, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,