Claude Louis d'Espinchal, marquis de Massiac

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Claude Louis d'Espinchal, marquis de Massiac (15 November 1686, Brest ? 15 August 1770, Paris ) was a French Admiral and Minister.

He was son of Barthelemy d'Espinchal de Massiac, 1626?1700, lawyer. Claude-Louis-Rene de Mordant, Marquis of Massiac (1746?1806), inherited his fortune including sugar plantations in Santo Domingo . He held the Club de l'hotel de Massiac at the Hotel de Massiac, which opposed the Society of the Friends of the Blacks .

Political offices
Preceded by Secretaries of State for the Navy
31 May 1758 - 31 October 1758
Succeeded by