Born in Dijon in 1718, the eldest son of Charles Gravier, Lord of Vergennes, he became a chief counselor in the Court of Auditors of Burgundy in 1738 and then President of the Court in 1742. As the eldest son, he inherited his family's estates. He was named as the French King's ambassador in Switzerland from 1775 to 1777. As ambassador, he renewed the treaty of alliance between France and the Swiss cantons on 28 May 1777, in Solothurn. He was then appointed as French Ambassador to Portugal in 1777, as Ambassador to the Republic of Venice from 1779 to 1785, and as Ambassador, for a second time, to Switzerland from 1786 to 1789.[citation needed]
Sylvi Nicolas, Les derniers maîtres des requêtes de l'Ancien Régime (1771-1789): dictionnaire prosopographique, 1998 (French)
A. Ferret, Ormes, archiprêtré de Bresse et port sur Saône, revue «Images de Saône-et-Loire» No.40 (hiver 1978-1979), p.21-24 (French)
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↑ Name taken by the land of Ormes after its erection as a marquisate by the king (1778). Source: A. Ferret, Ormes, archiprêtré de Bresse et port sur Saône, revue «Images de Saône-et-Loire» No.40 (hiver 1978-1979), p.21-24.
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