Victor Guy Duperré
Victor Guy Duperré (born February 20, 1775 in La Rochelle , † November 2, 1846 in Paris ) was a French baron and admiral .
Life
He joined the French Navy in 1792 and took part in several battles as an ensign. Captured by the British Royal Navy in 1796 , but replaced in 1799. Then he secured transports on the blocked coasts of Brittany and the French colonies.
During Napoleon's preparations for landing in Great Britain in 1804, Duperré became a lieutenant in the naval staff. In 1806 he was given command of the siren as a frigate captain and in 1808 brought troops to Martinique . Promoted to captain in 1809 , he cruised the frigate Bellona in the Indian Ocean and, in addition to several merchant ships, captured four British corvettes and a Portuguese frigate.
In April 1810 he set sail again with three ships, captured two large ships of the British East India Company , blew up the blockade of the Ile de France during the victorious battle in Grand-Port (23 August) during the Mauritius campaign , but was able to do so not prevent the island from surrendering.
After his return to France he became baron, rear admiral and commander in chief of the fleet in the Mediterranean in 1811 and of the French and Italian naval forces in the Adriatic in 1812 . During the Hundred Days , as Prefect of the Sea, he protected Toulon from the British-Sicilian troops that had landed in Marseille . In 1818 he took command of the French stations in the Antilles . In 1823 he became commander of the squadron besieging Cadiz , and in 1830 he took part in the capture of Algiers as commander of the fleet .
In August 1830 he was promoted to peer and admiral, and in October of the same year he became president of the admiralty.
He became Minister of the Navy and the Colonies in the Cabinet of Édouard Adolphe Mortier on November 18, 1834 and retained this position in the following government of the Duc de Broglie, Achille-Charles-Léonce-Victor de Broglie , and in the first Cabinet of Thiers , bis this collapsed on September 6, 1836. He received the ministry again from May 12, 1839 to February 29, 1840 in the second Soult government . A third time he was Minister of the Navy in the third Soult cabinet from October 29, 1840 until his health-related resignation on February 6, 1843.
He died three years later, on November 2, 1846, in Saint-Servan.
family
He was married to Claire-Adélaïde Le Camus (1789-1874), a sister of Pierre Alexandre le Camus , with whom he had three children.
His daughter Laure Duperré (* July 23, 1823 in Paris; † August 22, 1901 there) was a student of Frédéric Chopin , who dedicated the Deux Nocturnes op. 48 to her in 1841 . On January 11, 1843, she married Alphonse Crignon de Montigny (1812–1877), who later became Councilor of State.
Honors
His name is entered on the triumphal arch in Paris in the 34th column.
In 1876 the navy named an ironclad after him, which was in service from 1883 to 1906 and was scrapped in 1909.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Duperré, Victor Guy |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Baron and French admiral |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 20, 1775 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | La Rochelle |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 2, 1846 |
| Place of death | Paris |