Claude Perier

Claude Perier was the son of Jacques II Perier and his wife Marie-Elizabeth Dupuy. He married Marie-Charlotte Pascal, the daughter of a prominent linens manufacturer at nearby Voiron with whom the had eight sons.

He was known as milord - a term for addressing noblemen, or in this case a wealthy banker. Claude Perier was a rich merchant manufacturer and banker who, as he father, made fortune in the commerce of canvas and linen cloths. He is notable for his ownership of the Château de Vizille and his involvement in the Assembly of Vizille.

He died in his mansion in Paris on February 6, 1801. According to Stendhal, he died of cold in the night, having refused to heat his home with wood because it was too expensive.