Henri de Saint-Nectaire
Henri, marquis de Saint-Nectaire (1667 – 1 April 1746), was a French nobleman, soldier and diplomat. He joined the Senneterre Dragoons and was promoted to brigadier in 1704, then maréchal de camp later that year. In 1718 he became lieutenant-general of the French army. King Louis XV sent him to London as ambassador to Great Britain, where he served until 1720. He was made Chevalier du Saint-Esprit in 1724.
His father, Jean-Charles de Saint-Nectaire (1608–1696), was the comte de Brinon and the son of Jacques de Saint-Nectaire, baron de La Grolière. Jean-Charles married Marguérite, heiress of Timoléon de Boves, baron de Contenant. They had five children, but only two survived: Henri, who inherited the family titles, and his sister Madeleine, who married Pierre-Gilbert Colbert, marquis de Villacerf. When Henri died in 1746, his cousin Jean-Charles became marquis de Saint-Nectaire.
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