Jacques François de Chambray

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Jacques François de Chambray (born March 15, 1687 in Évreux , † April 8, 1750 in Malta ) was a French Grand Cross Knight of the Knights and Hospice Order of St. John of Jerusalem , Vice-Admiral and commander of the galleys of the order.

Life

He was the son of Baron Nicolas de Chambray and his wife Anne Ledoux de Melleville. At the age of 13 he came to Malta, was accepted into the Order of Malta and in 1701 entered the service of Grand Master Ramon Perellos as a page . He later presided over those coming to the Order in Sainte-Vaubourg , Virecourt and Metz .

In 1723 Jacques François de Chambray was given command of the ship of the line Saint-Vincent , which was armed with 52 cannons and had a crew of 300 men. On his first voyage off Pantelleria , he got into combat with the flagship of the Vice-Admiral of Tripoli , which was superior to him with 56 guns and a 400-man crew. He succeeded in overpowering and capturing the enemy ship, which was the Melitensian fleet's greatest sea victory since 1700. In the summer of 1732 Jacques François de Chambray was Lieutenant General ( French Lieutenant général des armes de la Religion en mer et commandant de l'escadre des Vaisseaux , German: "Lieutenant General of the Arms of Religion at Sea and Commander of the Ship Squadron") of the Order of Malta Sea battle at Damiette . After the victory, he was promoted to Grand Cross Knight of the Order.

He retired in 1749 and was governor of Gozo from 1749 to 1750 . At his expense he had the Chambray Fort built near Mġarr on Gozo.

He was buried in the religious church of St. John the Baptist in Valletta .

Individual evidence

  1. Jean Jacques Bourasse, Jacques-Paul Migne: Dictionnaire d'epigraphy chrétienne. Volume 1. Paris 1852, Col. 857 f.
  2. HJA Sire: The Knights of Malta . Yale University Press, 1996, ISBN 0-300-06885-9 , pp. 95 .