Armand Viguerot Duplessis Richelieu Aiguillon, due d', minister of foreign affairs under Louis XV., born in 1720, died in 1782. When in 1758 the English made a descent upon the coast of Brittany, the duke, who was governor of the province, threw himself into a mill, whereupon La Chalotais perpetrated his celebrated witticism, that D'Aiguillon had covered himself, not with glory, but With flour. On the accession of Louis XVI. he was replaced by Vergennes, and lived thenceforth in obscurity. During his ministry (177l-'4), which he owed to his accomplishments as a courtier and the favor of the king's mistress, Mme. Du-barry, the first partition of Poland took place. Louis XV., speaking of this act, so disastrous to the interests of France, exclaimed, " If Choiseul had been here, this partition would not have taken place."