Guy-Victor Duperré

Victor Guy Duperré ( born February 20, 1775 in La Rochelle, † November 2, 1846 in Paris) was a French Baron and Admiral.

He entered 1792 in the French Navy as an ensign and took part in several battles. In 1796 he was captured by the British Royal Navy, but in 1799 changed. Then he secured transport to the blocked coasts of Brittany and the French colonies.

In 1804 Napoleon's preparations for landing in the UK Duperré lieutenant in the Marine Bar. In 1806 he received as a frigate captain in command of the siren and took on this 1808 troops to Martinique. 1809 promoted to captain, he crossed the frigate Bellona in the Indian Ocean and kaperte besides several merchant ships four British corvettes and a Portuguese frigate.

In April 1810, he ran with three ships anew from, captured two large ships of the British East India Company, blasted by the victorious battle in Grand Port (August 23 ) - during the Mauritius campaign - the blockade of the Ile de France, but could not prevent the surrender of the island.

After his return to France he became in 1811 Baron, rear admiral and commander of the fleet in the Mediterranean and in 1812 the French and Italian naval forces in the Adriatic. During the Hundred Days he protected as Seepräfekt Toulon landed in Marseille before the Anglo- Sicilian troops. In 1818 he took command of the French stations in the West Indies. In 1823 he was commander of the besieging Cadiz squadron, and in 1830 he took over as commander of the fleet participated in the capture of Algiers.

In August 1830 he was raised to the pair and promoted to admiral, and in October of the same year he became President of the Admiralty.

He was born on November 18, 1834 Minister of Marine and Colonies in the cabinet of Édouard Adolphe Mortier and retained this portfolio in the next government of the Duc de Broglie, Achille- Léonce -Victor - Charles de Broglie, and the first Cabinet Thiers, to this crashed on September 6, 1836. He received the Ministry again from 12 May 1839 to 29 February 1840 in the second government Soult. A third time he was Secretary of the Navy in the third cabinet Soult from 29 October 1840 to his resignation for health reasons on 6 February 1843.

He died three years later, on November 2, 1846, in Saint- Servan.

He was married to Claire- Adélaïde Le Camus (1789-1874), a sister of Pierre Alexandre le Camus, with whom he had three children.

Honors

His name is inscribed on the Arc de Triomphe in Paris in the 34th column.