Elénor-François-Elie, Comte de Moustier

Elénor-François-Élie, marquis de Moustier (15 March 1751, Paris - 1 February 1817, Versailles) was a French nobleman, army officer, and diplomat.

After attending Heidelberg University and Besançon Artillery College, Élie was commissioned in the French Army as a cavalry officer.

Appointed a Lieutenant in the Royal Navarre Cavalry, he was seconded to the Garde du Corps in the rank of Captain, before being promoted Mestre de camp en second (Major) in the .

He was French Ambassador to America from 1787 to 1789, and Ambassador Extraordinary to London in 1793.

In 1769, he was posted to Lisbon with his brother, as Attaché. In 1772, King Louis XV appointed him Minister-Counsellor to London. In 1776, he was appointed Secretary in the French Embassy at Naples, where his brother, Gaspard (marquis de Clermont d'Amboise), was also serving. In 1778, he was appointed Minister Plenipotentiary to the Elector of Trier until 1783, when he was posted as a Special Envoy to London following the peace treaty signed between Britain and France.

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