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Claude Louis d'Espinchal, marquis de Massiac

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Claude Louis d'Espinchal, marquis de Massiac (15 November 1686, Brest – 15 August 1770, Paris) was a French Admiral and Minister.

He was son of Barthélémy d'Espinchal de Massiac, 1626–1700, lawyer. Claude-Louis-René de Mordant, Marquis of Massiac (1746–1806), inherited his fortune including sugar plantations in Santo Domingo. He held the Club de l'hôtel de Massiac at the Hotel de Massiac, which opposed the Society of the Friends of the Blacks.

Political offices
Preceded by Secretaries of State for the Navy
31 May 1758 - 31 October 1758
Succeeded by