Jean-Baptiste Collin

Count of Sussy

Born on January 1, 1750 in Sainte-Menehould, near Châlons-sur-Marne in Champagne, Jean-Baptiste Collin had a rather dull career in customs before the Consulate.

That all changed with the 18 Brumaire. He was appointed Prefect of Drôme in March 1800, of Seine-et-Marne a year later, Director General of Customs in September 1801, and joined the Conseil d'État in 1802, where he specialized in customs issues.

Made a count in 1809, he took the name of his land in Sussy, Seine-et-Marne.

His leading role in setting up the continental blockade earned him the Ministry of Manufactures and Commerce, which he became the first to hold on January 16, 1812, and which he held until April 1814.

First President of the Cour des Comptes and Peer of France during the Hundred Days, he was initially deprived of all functions by the Second Restoration, before regaining his peerage in 1819.

He died in Paris on July 7, 1826, and is buried in the 35th division of the Père-Lachaise cemetery .