Governor of the Bastille of Acy, lord of Beu and Nesle-en-Tardenois, chamberlain of the King. He is quoted in numerous documents between 1386 and November 1404, date of his death that are now held in the department of manuscripts of the Bibliothèque nationale de France . The last governor to hold this position, the unfortunate Bernard-René de Launay, appointed in 1776, was beheaded on 14 July 1789 and replaced by a provisional governor during the demolition of the building. At the end of the Ancien Régime, the governor of the Bastille was reduced to being a subordinate of the lieutenant-general of police. He could
Louis Le Provost de Launay 1895 Le Provost de Launay, afraid of losing his seat in the general council, moved from the canton of La Roche to the canton of Tréguier. In 1901 he was defeated in the cantonal elections and lost Tréguier to Gustave de Kerguézec, who was later elected a radical deputy in 1906. Le Provost de Launay was elected to the Chamber of Deputies for Côtes-du-Nord on 20 February 1876. He was elected deputy for the 2nd constituency of Lannion, Côtes-du-Nord, by 7,076 votes to 4,237 for M. Le Gac. In the chamber Le Provost de Launay was prominent in the Appel