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Louis Balthazar Ricouart d’Hérouville (Comte d’Hérouville)


NationalityFrench 
RolesNaval Sailor, Administrator 
Date of Birthc.1676ref:673
First Known Service1693ref:673
WifeMarie Louise de Fleurignyref:673
WifeMarie Magdeleine Camus de Pontcarréref:673
Brother
François Antoine RicouartFrench
Naval Sailor
Service 1717
ref:673
Last Known Service1739ref:673
Date of Death1.4.1749 - Paris ref:673

Event History


Date fromDate toEventSource
  Appointed Seigneur d’Hérouvilleref:631
  Appointed Seigneur de Villeroyref:631
  Appointed Comte d’Hérouvilleref:631
16931696Appointed Ecrivain Ordinaire de la Marine at Le Havreref:673
1697 Appointed Ecrivain Ordinaire de la Marine at Brestref:673
16981701Appointed Ecrivain Principal de la Marineref:673
1702 Appointed Commissaire Ordinaire de la Marine at Brest

He was reformed under the edict of 1702 which made this charge venal .

ref:673
1703 Appointed Commissaire en charge at Brest

He embarked as a commissioner in the Squadron of Lieutenant General Coetlogon .
He participated in the attack on a Dutch convoy of one hundred sails loaded with salt off the coast of Lisbon .

ref:673
1704 Appointed Commissaire Ordinaire de la Marine

Commissioner following the Naval Army of the Count of Toulouse , in the Pointis Squadron , dispatched to Gibraltar .
He is one of the survivors of his ship following a fight .

ref:673
1705 Appointed Commissaire en charge at Toulonref:673
17051707He is carrying out an important mission in Spain : no year .ref:673
1707 Appointed Commissaire en charge at Brestref:673
1711 Appointed Inspecteur Général de la Marine

Office purchased from Begon.

ref:673
17111712Appointed Commissaire-Ordonnateur de la Marine

in the squadron of 17 ships commanded by René Duguay-Trouin .
He took part in the Rio Expedition which culminated in the surrender of the Brazilian Capital .

ref:673
12.17151717Appointed Intendant de la Marine at Martinique

He arrived in January 1717 .
With the support of Governor Varennes , it was decided to impose their will on the settler landowners and to compel them to obey .
In particular, to abandon certain cultures and to cease trade with abroad . The measures taken trigger a revolt of the great colonists , known as the Gaoulé (Chahut), at the end of which , on May 23 , the insurgents having seized the two Agents of the King , forced them to re-embark for France .

ref:673
1719 Appointed Commissaire Général de la Marine at Nantesref:673
1720 Appointed Intendant de la Marine at Dunkirkref:673
1739 Appointed Intendant de la Marine at Rochefortref:673

Sources


IDNameAuthorType
ref:631Geneanet Web Site
ref:673Parcours d'officiers dans la Royale Web Site
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