Jean Robert II Tronchin (3 October 1710, Geneva - 11 March 1793,

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), also known as Tronchin-Boissier (Boissier was his wife's name), Attorney General, member of the State Council of Geneva was the son of Jean Tronchin (1672–1761). He busied himself on a friendly basis in

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's interests and maintained a correspondence on artistic subjects with

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. Cabinetmakers of the period gave his name to a species of pretty light reading table with a rack for drawing ("tables à la Tronchin"). He was the first cousin of (1704–1798) and Jean Robert I Tronchin (1702–1788), and the distant cousin of Theodore Tronchin, all three of whom were respectively Voltaire's friend, banker and doctor.

Works

*1764: ''Deux discours sur l'esprit de parti prononcés par M. Tronchin (...) dans l'assemblée du Conseil des Deux-Cent de la République de Genève au commencement de l'année 1762 et au commencement de l'année 1764'', Neufchâtel. *1765:
''Lettres écrites de la campagne''
Geneva

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