Jean Baptiste Gay, 1st Viscount of Martignac
Jean-Baptiste Sylvère Gay, 1st Viscount of Martignac (20 June 1778 – 3 April 1832) was a moderate royalist French statesman during the Bourbon Restoration 1814–30 under King Charles X.
The Viscount of Martignac GCLH | |
|---|---|
| Prime Minister of France | |
| In office 4 January 1828 – 8 August 1829 | |
| Monarch | Charles X |
| Preceded by | Jean-Baptiste de Villèle |
| Succeeded by | Jules de Polignac |
| Member of the Chamber of Deputies for Lot-et-Garonne | |
| In office 5 October 1816 – 3 April 1832 | |
| Preceded by | Pierre Charles Sylvestre |
| Succeeded by | Jean Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent |
| Constituency | Marmande |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 20 June 1778 Bordeaux, Gascony, France |
| Died | 3 April 1832 (aged 53) Paris, Seine, France |
| Resting place | Père Lachaise Cemetery |
| Political party | Ultra-royalist (1815–1828) Doctrinaires (1828–1830) Legitimist (1830–1832) |
| Spouse |
Élisabeth de Phéllipeaux
(m. 1812; died 1832) |
| Alma mater | University of Bordeaux |
| Profession | Lawyer, poet, vaudevillist |
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