Born in 1690, he reached his twentieth year when acquiring land Cuvilly, in the Oise, the lords of Sechelles and shall immediately bring down the mansion to build way to modern castle ... Jean Moreau de Sechelles spends much of his life in our land: master of requests in 1719, it ensures the load Intendant of Hainaut Valenciennes from 1727 to 1743, then of Lille until 1754 but especially during the French occupation, it is Steward of Flanders from 1745 to 1748.
Noticed it replaces Jean-Baptiste Machault Arnouville as Comptroller General of Finance for two years, from 1754 to 1756. Difficult to straighten the royal finances: wars, the court in Versailles are all bottomless pits! However, trying to fill the bottomless pit given by Louis XV ... Like the enlightened economists, it tries to modernize the economy through a policy close to liberalism, and that many Enlightenment thinkers advocated " let it go, let " ... Viewed as for diplomatic issues, he has the confidence of the King but the stroke he had suffered in 1756 the terrace. Incapable of fulfilling his duties, he is succeeded by his son. Jean Moreau de Sechelles is not idle if: it is an honorary member of the Academy of Sciences in 1755, he became the year following the vice-president and then president in 1757. Until his death in 1761, it honors the charges assigned. Returning
despite all our famous "Y" ... Sechelles enjoyed a reputation for sure: we named the famous Seychelles islands in his honor, just before they were sold in 1756 to the French East India Company.
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