Jean-Baptiste Henry Collin, Baron then Count of Sussy, was a French politician born in Châlons-en-Champagne (Previously Châlons-sur-Marne) on March 24, 1776, and died in Paris on April 17, 1837.
[1] He entered the customs administration after the Peace of Lunéville (1801) and was inspector general in Belgium, from where he was recalled in 1804 to help organize indirect contributions.
He was appointed administrator of indirect contributions and confirmed in this function under the Restoration on 6 December, 1814, while at the same time being master of petitions to the Council of State.
On 30 July, 1830, he was instructed by the House of Peers to bring to the Town Hall and the Chamber of Deputies the withdrawal of the ordinances of Saint-Cloud which the Duke of Mortemart had obtained from Charles X.
At the Town Hall, La Fayette received him kindly but was very embarrassed when the Count of Sussy claimed to notify him of the withdrawal of the ordinances: "What do you want us to do with this?"