Nicolas Prosper Bauyn d'Angervilliers

Nicolas Prosper Bauyn Marquis d'Angervilliers
Secretary of State for War
In office 23 May 1728 – 15 February 1740
Monarch	Louis XV
Preceded by	Claude le Blanc
Succeeded by	François Victor Le Tonnelier de Breteuil
Personal details
Born	(1669-01-15)15 January 1669 Kingdom of France
Died	15 February 1740(1740-02-15) (aged 65) Kingdom of France

Nicolas Prosper Bauyn, seigneur d’Angervilliers (15 January 1675 – 15 February 1740) was a French politician. He served as intendant de Dauphiné, intendant d'Alsace, and finally as Secretary of State for War from July 1728 until his death.

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). 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.