Benoît Georges de Najac

French nobleman, fleet commissioner, reformer and freemason
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Benoît Georges de Najac (22 November 1748, Versailles - 26 November 1823, Paris) was a French nobleman, fleet commissioner, reformer and freemason.[1][2] He became an écuyer (1781), and a comte de l’Empire (L.P. of 26 April 1808), as comte de Najac.

His descendants included the librettist and man of letters, Émile de Najac.

References

  1. ^ Nester, William (30 March 2021). Napoleon and the Art of Leadership: How a Flawed Genius Changed the History of Europe and the World. Frontline Books. p. 73. ISBN 978-1-5267-8280-9.
  2. ^ Jonquière, Clément La (1899). L'expédition d'Égypte, 1798-1801 (in French). H. Charles-Lavauzelle. p. 258.