Jean Armand de Lestocq

Jean L'Estocq
Johann Lestocq
Lestocq by Georg Christoph Grooth, c. 1745
Born	29 April 1692 Luneburg, Hanover
Died	12 February 1767(1767-02-12) (aged 74) Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire

Count Jean Armand de L'Estocq (German: Johann Hermann Lestocq, Russian: Иван Иванович Лесток; 29 April 1692 – 12 June 1767, in Saint Petersburg) was a French adventurer who wielded immense influence on the foreign policy of Russia during the early reign of Empress Elizabeth.