About Claude Guillaume Lambert
Lived 1726 – 1794 (aged 67). Claude Guillaume Lambert was a French magistrate.
Claude Guillaume Lambert (9 August 1726 – 27 June 1794) was a French statesman and lawyer who served as Controller-General of Finances from 1787 to 1788 and again in 1790 under King Louis XVI. He was executed during the French revolution.
Life
Birth and early life Claude Guillaume Lambert was born on 9 August 1726.
Career Lambert entered Parliament in 1748. He leant towards constitutionalism though never actively supported it. Ne served as Controller-General of Finances from 1787 to 1788 and again briefly in 1790 before his resignation due to the fiscal crisis.
Trial and execution Lambert settled in Lyon in August 1792. He was arrested under the Law of Suspects following his second trial. He was accused of authorising new taxes without the consent of the national and also of not paying his own taxes. He was subsequently executed by guillotine on 27 June 1794.
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Who was Claude Guillaume Lambert?
French jurist (1726-1794)
When was Claude Guillaume Lambert born?
Claude Guillaume Lambert was born on 9 August 1726 in Paris.
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Claude Guillaume Lambert died on 27 June 1794 in Paris.
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Claude Guillaume Lambert was a magistrate.
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Claude Guillaume Lambert was French.
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