Maurepas
JEAN FRÉDÉRIC, COUNT, Minister of State in the reigns of Louis XV, and Louis XVI. of France, Vol. VI-Cyc-K MAURETANIA born at Versailles in 1701. In 1715 his don (1848). He wrote: "Eustace Confather who was Minister of State resigned and transferred the office to his GUY DE MAUPASSANT son, then a boy of 14. During the minority of Maurepas the office was administered by the Marquis de Villière. Maurepas was Minister of Marine, 1735, and Secretary of State, 1738. In 1749 a satire against the Marquise de Pompadour drove him from the court in disgrace. He returned on the accession of Louis XVI. He supported the alliance with America and the declaration of war against England. Remained Minister of State until his death in 1781.