Jean-Baptiste Luton Durival (4 July 1725 – 14 February 1810) was an 18th-century French historian, diplomat and Encyclopédiste.[1]
Jean-Baptiste Luton Durival | |
|---|---|
| Born | 4 July 1725 |
| Died | 14 February 1810 (aged 84) |
| Occupation(s) | Historian Diplomat Encyclopédiste |
| Spouse | Louise Élisabeth Dufrène (1738–1819) |
Life edit
His father was Jacques Durival, Officier de la garde robe de Son Altesse royale (S.A.R.), married since 29 October 1712 to Anne Humblot, his mother.[2] Overall, the family consisted of three sons, Nicolas-Luton Durival the elder one, then Jean-Baptiste Luton and Claude Durival (1728–1805) and two daughters Catherine and Marie Anne Durival.
While his elder brother was secrétaire des conseils d’État et des finances under Stanisław Leszczyński, Jean-Baptiste took the post of first secretary of Foreign Affairs, premier secrétaire des affaires étrangères, under the Duke Étienne-François de Choiseul and led a diplomatic career.
In 1777, he was summoned to the Dutch Republic as Minister of France. He was married to Louise Élisabeth Dufrène (1738–1819).[3]
Luton-Durival wrote several articles related to the Art militaire for the Encyclopédie. He was a member of the Académie de Stanislas.
Works (selection) edit
- Essai sur l’Infanterie française. (1760)
- Détails militaires. (1758)
- Le Point d’honneur
- Histoire du règne de Philippe, translated with Mirabeau from Watson. Amsterdam, (1777)
- Description de la Lorraine et du Barrois.
- Recueil des observations météorologiques.
References edit
- ^ Joseph-François Michaud; Louis-Gabriel Michaud: Biographie universelle ancienne et moderne: histoire par ordre alphabétique de la vie publique et privée de tous les hommes. C. Desplaces, Paris (1855) (p. 110).
- ^ Genealogie der Familie
- ^ La Société Voltaire bénéficie du soutien du Centre national du livre. Société Voltaire et Centre international d’étude du XVIIIe siècle (2012) ISBN 978-2-84559-096-0 S. 65 (PDF; 2,0 MB)