His father was Jacques Durival,
Officier de la garde robe de Son Altesse royale (S.A.R.), married since 29 October 1712 to Anne Humblot, his mother. Overall, the family consisted of three sons,
Nicolas-Luton Durival the elder one, then Jean-Baptiste Luton and Claude Durival (1728–1805) and two daughters Catherine and Marie Anne Durival. While his elder brother was
secrétaire des conseils d’État et des finances under
Stanisław Leszczyński, Jean-Baptiste took the post of first secretary of Foreign Affairs,
premier secrétaire des affaires étrangères, under the Duke
Étienne-François de Choiseul and led a diplomatic career. In 1777, he was summoned to the
Dutch Republic as Minister of France. He was married to Louise Élisabeth Dufrène (1738–1819). Luton-Durival wrote several articles related to the
Art militaire for the
Encyclopédie. He was a member of the
Académie de Stanislas. == Works (selection) ==