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François Tronchin (1704–1798), Swiss politician, author, patron of the arts

Son of Antoine Tronchin (1664–1730), syndic of Geneva, and his wife, Suzanne née Perret; he married Anne Marie Fromaget (?1713–1788). He studied in Paris and became lawyer, then magistrate. Member of the Conseil des Deux Cents 1738; member of the Petit Conseil 1753. Author of a tragedy, Marie Stuart (1734). He sold his private art collection to the czarina Catherine II in 1770.