Henri Gautier Explained

Henri Gautier
Birth Date:1676
Birth Place:Aix-en-Provence
Death Date:1757
Nationality:French
Occupation:Landowner
Treasurer of the Estates of Provence
Spouse:Anne le Gros
Children:Joseph-Antoine de Gautier
(Three daughters)

Henri Gautier (1676–1757) was a French aristocrat, landowner and public official.

Biography

Early life

Henri Gautier was born in 1676 in Aix-en-Provence.[1]

Career

He was a clerk to Jean-Claude Guyon, a notary.[1] Later, he served as Treasurer of the Estates of Provence.[2] [3] [4]

He purchased the lands of Le Poët, Vernègues and Valavoire.[1] [2] On 24 April 1724 King Louis XV of France granted him a hereditary title of nobility.[2] [3] In 1730, he purchased the land at the top of the Cours Mirabeau where there was an old watermill and commissioned architect Georges Vallon to design a hôtel particulier that came to be known as the Hôtel du Poët.[1] [4]

Personal life

He was married to Anne le Gros.[2] They had a son and four daughters:

He died in 1757.[1]

Notes and References

  1. [Ambroise Roux-Alphéran]
  2. Franc̜ois Alexandre Aubert de La Chesnaye-Desbois, Dictionnaire de la noblesse, contenant les généalogies, l'histoire & la chronologie des familles nobles de France, l'explication de leur armes, & l'état des grandes terres du royaume, La veuve Duchesne, 1774, p. 142 https://books.google.com/books?id=to5YAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA142
  3. M. de Courcelles, Dictionnaire Universel de la Noblesse de France, 1821, p. 238 https://books.google.com/books?id=UdQTAAAAQAAJ&dq=%22henri+gautier%22+aix&pg=PA238
  4. Jean Boyer, Architecture et urbanisme à Aix-en-Provence aux XVIIe-XVIIIe siècles: du cours à carrosses au cours Mirabeau, Ville d'Aix-en-Provence, 2004, p. 87-88 https://books.google.com/books?id=GG5IAQAAIAAJ&q=%22henri+gautier%22+aix