François Henri, comte de Virieu

François-Henri, comte de Virieu (13 August 1754 – 9 October 1793) was a French nobleman and a statesman of the French Revolution, at first a supporter of its efforts, later an agent of counter-revolution.

His direct descendant is the journalist François-Henri de Virieu.

The comte de Virieu, son of Louis-François-René de Virieu, was a Freemason who was born in Grenoble who participated in the 1782 Convent of Wilhelmsbad where he assisted in the development of masonic rituals, a particular convent that figures in conspiracy theories regarding the origin of the Illuminati.

He joined the counter-revolution after the declaration of the French Republic in September 1792.

He, along with other dissident nobles such as the comte de Clermont-Tonnerre fought under the comte de Précy and assisted the efforts of the city of Lyon to resist the new regime as colonel of the Royal-Limousin regiment.