Jean-Baptiste Collin de Sussy

Jean-Baptiste Collin de Sussy (1 January 1750 – 7 July 1826)[1] was a senior official and politician.

When the emperor returned from his exile on Elba he confirmed Collin as Minister of State, named him a peer of France and first president of the Court of Accounts.

After the Hundred Days he returned to private life until 5 March 1819, when the king named him a peer of the kingdom.

[3] An 1813 portrait of him by Henri-François Riesener is held in the musée national du château de Versailles et des Trianons.

[4] His eldest son, Vicomte Collin de Sussy, fought with the armies of the Alps and of Italy as an engineer.