François-Henri de VIRIEU (1754-1793) colonel, deputy of the Dauphiné nobility to the Estates General, he was one of the leaders of the royalist insurrection in Lyon, where he was killed. L.A.S., Paris February 1, 1791; 1 page in-fol. In favor of MM. de Maillard and de Pascal, Major and Captain of the Limosin Regiment, requesting leave of absence. Attached are a L.A.S. from Viscount de Virieu to Prince de Montbarey; and a P.A.S. from General Armand-Jean-Henry-Alexandre de Gontaut-Biron, January 8, 1791 (half-page in-4 each).