Nicolas Jean-Baptiste Ravot, seigneur d'Ombreval (28 September 1680[1] – 18 October 1729[1]) was a French magistrate and administrator who served as Lieutenant General of Police of Paris from 1724 to 1725.
[2] Nicolas Ravot d'Ombreval was Advocate General at the cour des aides of Paris,[3] the appeal court for disputes arising out of the collection of taxes within the jurisdiction of the parlement of Paris, which covered half of France's territory.
While Lieutenant General of Police, he was responsible for the royal edict of 24 September 1724 which created the Paris Bourse.
He left the Lieutenancy General of Police of Paris on 28 August 1725 and was appointed intendant of the généralité of Tours, succeeding René Hérault, who succeeded him as Lieutenant General of Police of Paris.
He died in 1729 at the age of 49 and was buried in the church of Dame-Marie-les-Bois, a village between Tours and Blois where he owned the seigneury and château of La Guérinière.