Jean-Baptiste de Monthulé

Jean-Baptist-François de Montullé is a magistrate of the 18th century born the February 3rd 1721 and dead the August 26th 1787.

Biography

Wire of Jean-Baptiste de Montullé, lord of Hangsé and Rooms, adviser to the Parliament of Paris, and his wife born Francoise Glucq († 1730), girl of Jean Glucq which founded a manufacture of dyeing and cloths fine with the Goblins, Jean-Baptist-François de Montullé was accepted to advise with the Parlement of Paris on February 10th 1741 in the fifth Chambre of the enquestes (later in the third), and became to advise of State after the resignation of his uncle, Claude Glucq. He bought in 1754 the load of secretary of the commands of the queen Marie Leszczyńska; with the death of this one, this load became that of the Dauphine. Large baillif of Melun and Moret, it carried the sword then.

Large bibliophile like his father, art lover and sciences, it collected tables, the drawings of the old Masters and the modern artists as well as curiosities with the mode. He wrote for the instruction of his children an extract of the Mémoires of the Academy of Science as well as a summary of the Natural history of Buffon. He was elected in 1764 free associated member of the royal Académie of painting and sculpture.

In 1748, with his/her sisters, it inherited different sound uncle, Jean-Baptiste Glucq, the Château of Holy-Base, with Seine-Port and, in 1766, of Jean of Julienne, thrives it family manufacture. This last having instituted it its sole legatee and executor, it made publish in advance in February 1767 the catalog reasoned of all the objets d'art of its succession. He had married in March 1750, Elisabeth Haudry, girl of the farmer general André Haudry and woman of much of spirit. They made them-even to it education of their four children according to the precepts of the time and will prénommeront one their Emilie girls…

It sold the castle of Holy-Base in 1773 and bought, in August of the same year, the castle of Briche. But of serious financial embarrassments forced it to separate as of 1781 from it, as well as its collections of art in 1783.

Having rented in 1784 its large hotel of the Street of Seek-Midday, it tried to save sale its manufacture while going to live on the spot with three of his/her children.

In 1786, it lived alone with the Palais Royal and died there ruined the following year; the last goods remaining of its old collections were dispersed at the time of a sale, on November 19th 1787.

It was buried in the church Saint Severin, in the vault of its ancestors.

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