Joseph Marie Terray

Joseph Marie Terray
Portrait of Joseph Marie Terray by Alexander Roslin, 1774; the red calf-bound portfolio symbolic of his appointment stands on the writing-table behind him
23rd Controller-General of Finances
In office
22 December 1769 – 24 August 1774
Nominated byRené Nicolas de Maupeou
MonarchLouis XV
Preceded byÉtienne Maynon d'Invault
Succeeded byAnne Robert Jacques Turgot
Personal details
BornDecember 1715
Boën, France
Died18 February 1778 (age 62)
Paris, France
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Abbot Joseph Marie Terray (1715 – 18 February 1778) was a Controller-General of Finances during the reign of Louis XV, an agent of fiscal reform.

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