Jean-Baptiste Luton Durival

Jean-Baptiste Luton Durival
Born 4 July 1725
Saint-Aubin-sur-Aire
Died 14 February 1810(1810-02-14) (aged 84)
Heillecourt
Occupation Historian
Diplomat
Encyclopédiste
Spouse(s) Louise Élisabeth Dufrène (1738–1819)

Jean-Baptiste Luton Durival (4 July 1725 – 14 February 1810) was an 18th-century French historian, diplomat and Encyclopédiste.[1]

Life

His father was Jacques Durival, Officier de la garde robe de Son Altesse royale (S.A.R.), married since 29 October 1712 to Anne Humblot, his mother.[2] Overall, the family consisted of three sons, Nicolas-Luton Durival the elder one, then Jean-Baptiste Luton and Claude Durival (1728-1805) and two daughters Catherine and Marie Anne Durival.

While his elder brother was secrétaire des conseils d’État et des finances under Stanisław Leszczyński, Jean-Baptiste took the post of first secretary of Foreign Affairs, premier secrétaire des affaires étrangères, under the Duke Étienne-François de Choiseul and led a diplomatic career.

In 1777, he was summoned to the Dutch Republic as Minister of France. He was married to Louise Élisabeth Dufrène (1738–1819).[3]

Luton-Durival wrote several articles related to the Art militaire for the Encyclopédie. He was a member of the Académie de Stanislas.

Works (Selection)

References

  1. ↑ Joseph-François Michaud; Louis-Gabriel Michaud: Biographie universelle ancienne et moderne: histoire par ordre alphabétique de la vie publique et privée de tous les hommes. C. Desplaces, Paris (1855) (p. 110).
  2. ↑ Genealogie der Familie
  3. ↑ La Société Voltaire bénéficie du soutien du Centre national du livre. Société Voltaire et Centre international d’étude du XVIIIe siècle (2012) ISBN 978-2-84559-096-0 S. 65 (PDF; 2,0 MB)

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