François Barbé-Marbois
François Barbé-Marbois | |
|---|---|
| Ambassador of France to the United States | |
| In office 1784–1785 | |
| Minister of the Treasury | |
| In office 1801–1806 | |
| President of the Cour des Comptes | |
| In office 1807–1814 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 21 January 1745 Metz |
| Died | 12 February 1837 (aged 92) |
François, marquis de Barbé-Marbois (31 January 1745 – 12 February 1837) was a French civil servant, diplomat, and politician.
He was ambassador of France to the United States (1784–1785), where he married the daughter of the Governor of Pennsylvania, William Moore. He then became Napoleon I's Minister of the Treasury (1801–1806), before Napoleon appointed him First President of the Cour des Comptes, ("Court of Accounts"), France's supreme audit institution (1807–1814).