Joseph Foullon de Doué
Joseph-François Foullon de Doué (25 June 1715 – 22 July 1789) was a French politician and a Controller-General of Finances under Louis XVI. A deeply unpopular figure, he has the ignominious distinction of being the first recorded person to have been lynched à la lanterne.
Joseph-François Foullon | |
|---|---|
| Controller-General of Finances | |
| In office 12 July 1789 – 22 July 1789 | |
| Monarch | Louis XVI |
| Preceded by | Jacques Necker |
| Succeeded by | Claude Guillaume Lambert |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 June 1715 Saumur, France |
| Died | 22 July 1789 (aged 74) Place de Grève, Paris, France |
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