Jean Baptiste Gay, 1st Viscount of Martignac

The Viscount of Martignac
Prime Minister of France
In office
4 January 1828 – 8 August 1829
MonarchCharles X
Preceded byJean-Baptiste de Villèle
Succeeded byJules de Polignac
Member of the Chamber of Deputies
for Lot-et-Garonne
In office
5 October 1816 – 3 April 1832
Preceded byPierre Charles Sylvestre
Succeeded byJean Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent
ConstituencyMarmande
Personal details
Born(1778-06-20)20 June 1778
Bordeaux, Gascony, France
Died3 April 1832(1832-04-03) (aged 53)
Paris, Seine, France
Resting placePère Lachaise Cemetery
Political partyUltra-royalist (1815–1828)
Doctrinaires (1828–1830)
Legitimist (1830–1832)
Spouse
Élisabeth de Phéllipeaux
(m. 1812; died 1832)
Alma materUniversity of Bordeaux
ProfessionLawyer, poet, vaudevillist

Jean-Baptiste Sylvère Gay, 1st Viscount of Martignac (20 June 1778  – 3 April 1832) was a moderate royalist French statesman during the Bourbon Restoration 1814–30 under King Charles X.