Nicolas Prosper Bauyn d'Angervilliers
{{Short description|French politician (1675–1740)}}{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Nicolas Prosper Bauyn
| office = Secretary of State for War
| term = 23 May 1728 – 15 February 1740
| predecessor = Claude le Blanc
| successor = François Victor Le Tonnelier de Breteuil
| monarch = Louis XV
| birth_place = Kingdom of France
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1740|2|15|1675|2|15|df=y}}
| image = Nicolas Prosper Bauyn, Marquis d’Angervilliers (1675–1740).jpg
| death_place = Kingdom of France
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1669|1|15|df=y}}
| honorific_suffix = Marquis d'Angervilliers
}}
Nicolas Prosper Bauyn, seigneur d’Angervilliers (15 January 1675 – 15 February 1740) was a French politician.{{Cite web |last=Muller |first=Claude |date=2004 |title=BAUYN d’ANGERVILLIERS Nicolas Prosper |url=https://www.alsace-histoire.org/netdba/bauyn-dangervilliers-nicolas-prosper/ |access-date=2024-11-08 |website=Fédération des Sociétés d'Histoire et d'Archéologie d'Alsace |language=fr-FR}} He served as intendant de Dauphiné, intendant d'Alsace, and finally as Secretary of State for War from July 1728 until his death.{{Cite web |title=Importante plaque de cheminée aux armes d'alliance de Prosper Bauyn et Gabrielle Choart de Busenval, vers 1670 - Plaques de cheminée |url=https://www.marcmaison.fr/items/view/importante-plaque-de-cheminee-a-decor-de-lions-soutenant-deux-blasons-ref-11109 |access-date=2024-11-08 |website=Marc Maison |language=fr}}
Life
The son of a fermier général, Prosper Bauyn d'Angervilliers was intendant of the généralité of Alençon (1702–1705), then intendant of Dauphiné (1705–1716), of Alsace (1716–1724) and finally of Paris (1724–1728).{{Cite web |title=ILE DE FRANCE - VILLES et NOBLESSE Nicolas-Prosper Bauyn d’Angervilliers et Marie-Anne de Maupéou n.d. fjt_011294 Jetons |url=https://www.cgb.fr/ile-de-france-villes-et-noblesse-nicolas-prosper-bauyn-dangervilliers-et-marie-anne-de-maupeou-tb,fjt_011294,a.html |access-date=2024-11-08 |website=www.cgb.fr |language=fr}} An experienced administrator, the cardinal de Fleury made him secretary of state for war on the death of Claude le Blanc. In that post, he reorganised the gendarmerie and carried out preparations for the War of the Polish Succession. In order not to be reliant on imports, Louis XV had Angervilliers put in charge of setting up a white-metal factory to equip the army with swords and bayonets - this was set up in Klingenthal (Alsace) in 1730.{{Citation needed|date=November 2024}}
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| before = Claude le Blanc
| title = Secretary of State for War
| years=1728–1740
| after = François Victor Le Tonnelier de Breteuil
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Category:Secretaries of State for War (France)
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