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Louis Antoine François de Fourcroy


NationalityFrench 
RolesNaval Sailor, Administrator 
Date of Birth16.12.1720 - Paris ref:673
First Known Service10.1739ref:673
Last Known Service1.1.1777ref:673
Date of Death29.3.1801 - Poissy , Yvelinesref:673

Event History


Date fromDate toEventSource
10.1739 He entered the service of the Navy in October 1739, as a volunteer .ref:673
15.5.1740 Appointed Elève Ecrivain de la Marineref:673
16.12.1740 Appointed Ecrivain Ordinaire de la Marineref:673
1.7.1741 
Le Saint Philippe (74) 1722-1746
French 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Ecrivain
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aft.2.7.1741 He was ordered by the French Ambassador to Portugal to take charge and return to France all the gold sent by Lisbon merchants to their correspondents in France .Mission which he performs to everyone's satisfaction .ref:673
7.17421744On his return he was employed in the various services of the Arsenal in Brest .ref:673
21.3.17445.1744
Le Neptune (74) 1723-1747
French 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Ecrivain
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15.4.1744 Appointed Ecrivain Principal de la Marineref:673
6.17441746He obtained permission to take his last exams and receive his degrees at the law faculty in Paris .Back in Brest , he was second and often chief in port details , until 1746 .ref:673
1746 He is sent to Rochefort to prepare the concentration and the embarkation of the artillery train , intended for the expedition of Lieutenant General de la Rochefoucaud de Roye , Duke d'Anville , army to reconquer Louisbourg in Canada .He boarded the Borée , but did not leave , affected by a serious infection .ref:673
1750 He was sent to Toulon to take care of the details of the rope factory and to organize a seal factory there similar to that of Brest .ref:673
7.1751 The Intendant of Brest , Hocquart , said about him "I regard this principal writer as the one who already has the most knowledge and the most inclination to acquire it on all the objects of the Navy.Wise, hard-working, assiduous, zealous, will one day assist a Intendant ”.ref:673
10.17511754Appointed Commissaire des Classes at Rochefort

He was assigned to Rochefort where he worked in the refits , in particular , until 1754 .

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31.8.17521769Appointed Membre Ordinaire de l’Académie de Marineref:673
1754 Appointed Second Commis du Bureau de la Police des Ports at Versailles

under Premier Commissaire Pellerin

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4.12.17561757Appointed Contrôleur de la Marine at Dunkirk

He took office in January 1757 and prepared to send a convoy of troops and supplies to Canada .
He traveled to The Hague on several occasions to confer with Count Affry , Ambassador to the Netherlands , on the construction of prames and flatboats .

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17631766After the signing of the Treaty of Paris , he is responsible for putting the accounts and the "Intendance de Dunkerque" in order . In February 22, 1763 : accused of embezzlement , he was imprisoned in the Bastille .His innocence recognized , he was released in July .He remained unemployed , however , until 1766 , when he retired .ref:673
14.5.1771 He is recalled to the service in its rank this controller .Assigned to Rochefort , he is responsible for the inspection of food and hospitals , the establishment of the annual draft budget for variable expenditure for the port .ref:673
1773 He loses his duties as controller and becomes a simple commissioner again . But his seniority led him to assume the duties of a "Ordonnateur" in the absence of the Intendant d'Aubenton .ref:673
1.9.1776 Appointed Commissaire Général de la Marineref:673
1.1.1777 Retired following the reform of Sartine , Secretary of State for the Navy .ref:673

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ref:673Parcours d'officiers dans la Royale Web Site
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