Note 303 — BOOK IV
Alexander Teixeira de Mattos translation
Jean Baptiste de Gouy, Comte de La Besnardière (d. 1843), had been employed at the Foreign Office since 1795, where he had become the intimate fellow-worker of Talleyrand, who liked both him and his work. He accompanied the prince to the Congress of Vienna; on his return, the King made him a count and director of Public Works. He retired into private life in 1819.—B.