Nicolas-Noël Boutet

Nicolas-Noël Boutet (31 August 1761 – 1833) was a French gunsmith and bladesmith who was director of the Versailles state arms factory.

[1][2] Boutet was born in Paris, the son of the royal gunsmith Noël Boutet, and became his father's assistant.

In 1788, he married Leonie-Emilie Desainte, the daughter of his father's colleague, which gave him an even better position at court and the title of "gunmaker-in-ordinary" to King Louis XVI of France.

[3] During the revolution he worked for Napoleon as director of the state arms manufactory.

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