Maxime Julien Émeriau de Beauverger
Maxime Julien Émeriau de Beauverger
Biography
American War of Independence
Emeriau joined the Navy in 1776, just before the outbreak of the
He took part in the
Emeriau served under Lamotte-Picquet during the Battle of Martinique.
After rising to lieutenant de frégate, he took part in the campaigns of Admiral
After the Treaty of Paris, Emeriau sailed with the commerce.
In 1786, Emeriau returned to the Navy as a sub-lieutenant.[2] He sailed to the Caraibs on the Chameauand Mulet, and then on the 74-gun Patriote and the frigate Fine, until 1791.
Revolutionary wars
On 1 January 1792, Emeriau was promoted to lieutenant.[3] The next year, he received command of the corvette Cerf. He notably ferried a convoy of refugees to New England after a fire devastated Cap Français.
From 1793, Emeriau captained the Embuscade, taking part in, under Pierre Jean Van Stabel, the escort of the grain convoy that was the background for the Glorious First of June.
In December 1794, Emeriau was promoted to captain,
In 1796, Emeriau took part in the
In 1798, Emeriau served in Brueys' fleet, as commodore on the Spartiate. He led the French squadron that captured Malta.
He took part in the Battle of the Nile, where Spartiate was the third ship in the French line. She dueled with Nelson's Vanguard, and Audacious from 19:00. At 21:00, Emeriau, twice wounded and facing three opponents, orders the colours struck.
In July 1802, Emeriau was promoted to contre-amiral, commanding a division with his flag on the 80-gun Indomptable. He took part in the French repression of the Haitian Revolution.
In 1803, he was transferred to command part of the flotilla in Ostend, before returning to Lorient to command a division, with his flag on Jemmapes.
Préfet maritime and chief commander in Toulon
In late 1803, Emeriau was promoted to
On 7 March 1813, he was promoted to vice-admiral and nominated inspector of the coasts of Ligurie.
During the
Freemasonry
Emeriau was a
He was a member of the Society of the Cincinnati.
Honours
- Name engraved on the Southern pillar of the Arc de Triomphe
- Grand cross of the Legion of Honour
- Knight of the Order of Saint Louis
Sources and references
Bibliography
- Six, Georges (1934). "Emeriau de Beauverger (Maxime-Julien, comte)". Dictionnaire biographique des généraux et amiraux français de la Révolution et de l'Empire: 1792–1814 (in French). Vol. 1. Paris: Librairie Historique et Nobilaire. pp. 423–434.
- Dictionnaire des Marins Francs-Maçons (sous la direction de Jean Marc Van Hille), Éditions le Phare de Misaine, Nantes, 2008.