Charles Claude Ange Monneron (5 April 1735, in Antibes, Alpes-Maritimes – 30 May 1799, in Annonay) was a French businessman, banker and politician. He was intendant général of Pondichéry (making a fortune with the

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), député to the

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then to the National Constituent Assembly.

Family

His brother Paul Mérault Monneron was an engineer, and his other brothers Louis Monneron (1742–1805) and Pierre Antoine Monneron (1747–1801) were respectively députés of the National Constituent Assembly for the

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and

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. Another brother, Joseph François Augustin Monneron (1756–1826) was député for

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at the Legislative Assembly and retired from it in 1792, before becoming Director General of the Caisse des Comptes Courants and going bankrupt in 1798. 1735 births 1799 deaths People from Antibes Deputies to the French National Convention People of French India {{France-politician-stub