CLEMENT

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• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

CHARLES

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• FRANCOIS (1558-1614)

FRANCOIS DE

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• CLEMENT CHARLES FRANCOIS DE LAVERDY (1723-1793)

LAVERDY (1723-1793)  , French statesman, was a member of the parlement of Paris when the case against the Jesuits came before that body in August 1761 . He demanded the suppression of the order and thus acquired popularity . Louis XV. named him controller-general of the finances in December 1763, but the burden was great and Laverdy knew nothing of finance . Three months after his nomination he forbade anything of any kind whatever to be printed concerning his administration, thus refusing advice as well as censure . He used all sorts of expedients, sometimes dishonest, to replenish the treasury, and was even accused of having himself profited from the commerce in wheat . A court intrigue led to his sudden dismissal on the 1st of October 1768 . Henceforward he lived in retirement until, during the Revolution, he was involved in the charges against the financiers of the old regime . The Revolutionary tribunal condemned him to death, and he was guillotined on the 24th of November 1793 . See A . Jobez, La France sous Louis X V (1869) .