Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes, French lawyer and politician (born 1721)

Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes

French statesman and minister (1721–1794)

Guillaume-Chrétien de Lamoignon de Malesherbes, often referred to as Malesherbes or Lamoignon-Malesherbes, was a French statesman and minister in the Ancien Régime, and later counsel for the defense of Louis XVI. He is known for his vigorous criticism of royal abuses as…