Note 60 — I LOUIS XIV[14]
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The first Lieutenant-general of police was La Reynie who was appointed in 1667. He was succeeded in 1697 by Marc-René, Marquis d’Argenson, who raised his department to the highest pitch of efficiency. See P. Clément La police sous Louis XIV, 2nd ed. 1866, and P. Cottin, Rapports de police de René d’Argenson, 1866.