Henri Gautier

Henri Gautier was born in 1676 in Aix-en-Provence.^[1]

He was a clerk to Jean-Claude Guyon, a notary.^[1] Later, he served as Treasurer of the Estates of Provence.^[2][3][4]

He purchased the lands of Le Poët, Vernègues and Valavoire.^[1][2] On 24 April 1724 King Louis XV granted him a hereditary title of nobility.^[2][3] In 1730, he purchased the land at the top of the Cours Mirabeau where there was an old watermill and commissioned architect Georges Vallon to design a hôtel particulier that came to be known as the Hôtel du Poët.^[1][4]

He was married to Anne le Gros.^[2] They had a son and four daughters:

• Joseph-Antoine de Gautier.^[2] He inherited his father's aristocratic titles and served as an Advisor to the Parlement of Aix-en-Provence.^[2][3] He married Anne de Boisson, daughter of Joseph-Gaspard de Boisson and Anne de Pisany de Saint-Laurent.^[2] They had children.^[2]
• (first daughter). She married into the de Dedons de Lis family.^[2]
• (second daughter). She married into the de Saporta family.^[2]
• (third daughter). She married into the de Rians family.^[2]
• (fourth daughter). She married into the de Regina family.^[2]

He died in 1757.^[1]