Editing Jacques Necker (section)

==Personal life==

In 1786 Necker's daughter [[Germaine de Staël|Germaine]] married [[Erik Magnus Staël von Holstein]]; she was to become a prominent figure in her own right and a leading opponent of [[Napoleon Bonaparte]]. On 22 March 1814, she was promised 21 years of interest on her father's investment in the public treasury.{{sfn|d'Haussonville|2004|pp=195, 205}} After his death his daughter published "Vie privée de Mr. Necker". His grandson Auguste de Staël (1790–1827) edited the Complete Oeuvres by Jacques Necker.

His nephew Jacques Necker (1757–1825), a botanist, married [[Albertine Necker de Saussure]]. They took care of their uncle after his wife had died in 1794. Their son was the geologist and [[crystallography|crystallographer]] [[Louis Albert Necker]] de Saussure.