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Benoît Georges de Najac

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French nobleman, fleet commissioner, reformer and freemason
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Benoît Georges de Najac (22 November 1748 – 26 November 1823) was a French nobleman, fleet commissioner, reformer and freemason. 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.

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