Ange René Armand, baron de Mackau
In René Armand de Mackau ( born February 17, 1788 in Paris, † May 13, 1855 ) was a French admiral and politician.
Life
The family of Ange René Armand de Mackau came with James II to Paris. The son of Ange René Armand de Mackau was Armand de Mackau.
De Mackau midshipman in 1805, graduated in 1808 from Rochefort (Charente -Maritime ), and was given command of a post of the Coast Guard. On the frigate Hortense in 1810 he was employed in the Mediterranean.
On May 26, 1811, the brig l' Abeille brought under his command off the coast of Corsica, the British brig l' Alacrity on and to Bastia. As a reward Mackau was promoted to lieutenant, received the Legion of Honour, and was given command of the brig hijacked. De Mackau did raise other ships, and in 1812 promoted to Commander.
On September 1, 1819, he was appointed captain and sent to a study trip to Senegal. Its feasibility study recommended not to build extensive colony in Senegal, and reported on the local slave trade.
In 1820 he was chamberlain of Louis XVIII .. In June 1821 he took the frigate Clorinde, (58 guns) diplomatic relations with the newly independent from Spain Latin American countries on the Pacific, Chile and Peru, on.
On April 17, 1825, he was for the French slave owners who were expropriated by the abolition of slavery in 1822 in Haiti, their slaves, arrange 90 million French francs compensation.
On September 25, 1825, he was promoted to Rear Admiral and appointed to the Admiralty. On September 17, 1829 he was appointed head of the personnel department of the French Navy was transferred, where he was engaged in the preparation of an invasion in Algeria.
On June 23, 1830, he was election board in the second constituency of Morbihan and was elected MPs.
He was sworn in at the July Monarchy and in 1831 the command of the " escadre the Dunes " ( piracy), the Antwerp, Dunkirk and Flushing occupied and then blocked the Dutch ports.
In Cherbourg- Octeville de Mackau in 1836 transferred the command of the naval forces of the French Antilles and the governorship of Martinique. The French consul Adolphe Barrot was arrested in Cartagena ( Colombia). De Mackau complaining for compensation from the Government of New Granada for the treatment of the French consul. With five warships Consul Adolphe Barrot was evacuated from Cartagena and the isthmus at the Castillo de San Luis de Boca Chica blocked, making the compensation claim was enforced.
As of May 30, 1837 de Mackau was back in the naval staff. De Mackau inspected fishing operations on the French overseas territories of Saint- Pierre and Miquelon and Newfoundland. He secured commercial and strategic interests of the French government in the Caribbean and the Atlantic off the government of the United States.
On the return from Martinique in 1838, the frigate Terpsichore, drove to the family de Mackau applied and brought to Cork.
1840 crossed Armand with 43 warships off the Río de la Plata estuary, and agreed on 29 October 1840, Felipe Arana a shipping and trading contract, whereby it was a declaration error, since Juan Manuel de Rosas Argentina ruled.
On October 29, 1845 De Mackau was decorated with the Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor and promoted on 23 December 1847 Admiral.