Jacques Necker

A portrait of Jacques Necker

Jacques Necker (IPA: [ʒak nɛkɛʁ]; 30 September 1732 – 9 April 1804) was a banker from Geneva who became a finance minister for Louis XVI. He tried to make France's tax system better.

His dismissal on 1789 caused the Storming of the Bastille.

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Jacques Necker Media

Suzanne Curchod, Necker's wife
Germaine Necker by Carmontelle
Château de Madrid, Necker's home in Neuilly-sur-Seine
Necker, Jacques, par Boillet, BNF Gallica
Compte Rendu au Roi by Necker, Paris 1781
Jean-Michel Moreau, Le festin royal, 1782, NGA 2791
In this 1789 engraving, James Gillray caricatures the triumph of Necker (seated, on left) in 1789, comparing its effects on freedom unfavorably to those of William Pitt the Younger in Britain. France has the caption "Freedom," while Britain has the caption "Slavery."
Early French banknote issue by Domaines Nationaux – Assignat for 100 livres, 1790 Issue
- Coppet, Château de Coppet, vue partielle; Vue partielle de la façade et de la cour intérieure du Château de Coppet, dans le canton de Vaud