Jean-Baptiste Raymond de Lacrosse
Jean-Baptiste Raymond de Lacrosse | |
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Governor of Saint Lucia | |
In office 1792–1793 | |
Preceded by | Jean-Joseph Sourbader de Gimat |
Succeeded by | Nicolas Xavier de Ricard |
Personal details | |
Born | Jean-Baptiste Raymond de Lacrosse 6 September 1760 Meilhan-sur-Garonne, Kingdom of France |
Died | 10 September 1829 (aged 69) Meilhan-sur-Garonne, Kingdom of France |
Occupation | Soldier |
Jean-Baptiste Raymond de Lacrosse (Meilhan, 6 September 1760 – Meilhan, 10 September 1829) was a French sailor, admiral and hero of the French Revolutionary Wars.
Career
Lacrosse joined the Navy in 1779 as a Garde marine. He rose to enseign in 1782, to lieutenant in 1786, and to
In 1795, he was sent to Martinique and Guadeloupe to crush revolts. On his return to France, Lacrosse was arrested.
Freed, he was attached to the planned invasion of Ireland in late 1796, commanding the 74-gun
Despite the loss of his ship, Lacrosse was made
In 1802,
In Guadeloupe, Lacrosse sent the military to track down farmers, who were treated as rebels and summarily killed.[citation needed]
Lacrosse sailed back to France aboard the frigate Didon. He did not know that the Peace of Amiens had ended and that hostilities had resumed with the British. Off Brest, he ran into twelve British ships of the line blockading the port. He managed to evade the blockading fleet and captured the corvette Laurier in the process. He reached Spain, left his prize in Santander and returned to France.
Napoléon made him
Lacrosse retired in 1815 and died in his hometown of Meilhan on 10 September 1829.
See also
References
- ^ "Saint Lucia". World Statesmen. Retrieved August 19, 2021.
- ^ Léger, Jacques Nicolas (1907), Haiti: Her History and Her Detractors, New York and Washington: The neale Publishing, p. 126, retrieved 14 July 2012
- "Lacrosse, Jean-Baptiste-Raymond baron de 1765-1829". Worldcat Identies. Retrieved August 24, 2021.
- "Le Contre Amiral le Crosse". Retrieved August 24, 2021.
- Monroux, Pierre (1803). Memoire pour Pierre Monroux, : capitaine de frégate dans la Marine française, et ci-devant chef des mouvemens du port, à la Pointe-à-Pitre, île de la Guadeloupe. Paris.