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Toussaint Pierre Lenieps (1697–1774), Swiss banker, politician

Son of Jean Lenieps (1661–1741) and his first wife, Louise née Michaud (d. 1700); in 1718 married Anne Catherine Prevost-Passavant (1698–c. 1775); they had seven children. A master jeweller, closely linked with Micheli Du Crest, he was banished for life after Micheli's condemnation to life imprisonment 1731. Became a banker in Paris and one of the leaders of the Swiss opposition abroad and was imprisoned in the Bastille in 1766–1768. A long-time friend and correspondent of Jean Jacques Rousseau.