Guillaume Benoît Couderc Guillaume Benoît Couderc (7 July 1741 in Lyon—9 May 1809 in Lyon), was a French businessman, merchant and politician. He was a member of the Estates General of 1789 and of the National Constituent Assembly. BiographyHe was the son of Jean Couderc and Elisabeth Vernet.[1] He was born in a banker family from Switzerland.[2] He worked as a merchant and banker in Lyon. He was a member of the Third Estate commission elected in January 1789 to prepare the cahiers de doléances (registers of grievances).[3] On 30 March 1789, he was elected a Third Estate representative to the Estates General. He was also a member of the National Constituent Assembly. In 1791, he received Protestant merchants at his home to talk about trade-related issues.[4] He was subsequently a member of the commercial court, president of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Lyon and general councillor for commerce in Paris.[5] He was general councillor of the hospices.[6] He was the departmental councillor of Rhône from 1800 to 1809.[7] His uncle in Geneva was from the Vernet-Dupan family.[5] He was the father of politician Jean Couderc. He died in Lyon on 9 May 1809.[5] References
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