Jean-Baptiste Collin de Sussy
Jean-Baptiste Collin de Sussy | |
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Born | Sainte-Menehould, Marne, France | 1 January 1750
Died | 7 July 1826 Paris, France | (aged 76)
Nationality | French |
Occupation(s) | Official and politician |
Known for | being Napoleon's Minister of Industry and Commerce |
Jean-Baptiste Collin de Sussy (1 January 1750 – 7 July 1826)[1] was a senior official and politician. During the First French Empire he was Director-General of Customs, then Minister of Industry and Commerce.
Life
Collin de Sussy was the receiver of customs after
In 1805 he proposed to the legislative body a project for the general organization of the customs. He developed the plan, which was adopted, and later improved it.[2] Napoleon appointed him director-general of customs and a lifetime member of the Council of State in 1807.[3] Napoleon created the ministry of
Collin left the office immediately after the fall of Napoleon in 1814. When the emperor returned from his exile on Elba he confirmed Collin as Minister of State, named him a peer of France and first president of the Court of Accounts. After the Hundred Days he returned to private life until 5 March 1819, when the king named him a peer of the kingdom.[2]
Death and legacy
Collin died in Paris on 7 July 1826.[3] An 1813 portrait of him by Henri-François Riesener is held in the musée national du château de Versailles et des Trianons.[4] His eldest son, Vicomte Collin de Sussy, fought with the armies of the Alps and of Italy as an engineer.[2] His younger son, Louis, also fought in the Napoleonic war. After peace returned, both sons found positions in the administration.[5]
Distinctions
Distinctions included:[6]
- Count of the Empire (letters patent of 16 April 1808)
- Peer of France (royal ordinance of 5 March 1819)
- Chevalier of the Legion of Honour (decree of 2 October 1803)
- Commander of the Legion of Honour (decree of 14 June 1804)
- Grand-officer of the Legion of Honour (decree of 30 June 1811)
- Grand cross of the Order of the Reunion (3 April 1813)
References
Citations
- ^ "Jean-Baptiste Collin, comte de Sussy (1750-1826), Minister for Commerce and Manufacturing (detail)". napoleon.org. 2021-10-15. Retrieved 2022-01-22.
- ^ a b c d e Courcelles 1826, p. 192.
- ^ a b c d Todisco 1969, p. 84.
- ^ Jean-Baptiste Collin, Fondation Napoléon.
- ^ Courcelles 1826, p. 193.
- ^ Todisco 1969, p. 85.
Sources
- Courcelles, Jean Baptiste Pierre Jullien de (1826). Histoire généalogique et héraldique des pairs de France: des grands dignitaires de la couronne, des principales familles nobles du royaume et des maisons princières de l'Europe, précédée de la généalogie de la maison de France. L'auteur. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
- "Jean-Baptiste Collin, comte de Sussy (1750-1826), Ministre du Commerce er des Manufactures". Fondation Napoléon. 2008. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
- Todisco, Umberto (1969). Le personnel de la Cour des comptes (1807-1830). Librairie Droz. ISBN 978-2-600-03361-9. Retrieved 2014-04-23.