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Etienne de Barry


NationalityFrench 
RolesNaval Sailor, Administrator 
First Known Service3.4.1746ref:673
Father
Jacques Claude de BarryFrench
Administrator
Service 1700
ref:673
Last Known Service1790ref:673
Date of Deathaft.1802 - Toulon ref:673

Event History


Date fromDate toEventSource
3.4.1746 Appointed Commis aux Ecritures de la Marineref:673
1751 Appointed Ecrivain Ordinaire de la Marineref:673
1752 
La Légère (14) 1729-1770
French 14 Gun
Unrated Barques latines
, Ecrivain
ref:673
1754 
La Tempete (8) 1726-1786
French 8 Gun
Unrated Bomb Vessel
, Ecrivain
ref:673
1755 
La Brave (3) 1746-1802
French 3 Gun
Unrated Galley
, Ecrivain
ref:673
1756 He participated in the Galissonnière Expedition and the capture of Port Mahon (Battle of Menorca, May 1756, against the English fleet of Admiral Byng).ref:673
1756 
La Couronne (74) 1749-1766
French 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Ecrivain
ref:673
20.5.1756 Battle of Minorca 
11.1757 Appointed to Brest .ref:673
17581762Embarked on the "Minotaure" , he was attached to the Froget de Eguille Squadron , responsible for reinforcing the forces of Ache in India .He campaigned for four years as a starship writer and squadron commissioner .In 1759 , on order of Ache , he is charged with managing the hospital established in Mauritius .In 1760-1761 ,  he is promoted commissioner “towards the King and the East India Company” .Wing Commissioner, he provides administrative service to the combined forces of the Navy and the East India Company in the Indian Ocean , at Bourbon Island , Madagascar , the Cape of Good Hope .ref:673
11.1758 Appointed Ecrivain Principal de la Marineref:673
aft.11.1758 
Le Minotaure (74) 1757-1783
French 74 Gun
3rd Rate Ship of the Line
, Ecrivaindate ?
ref:673
1762 Back in France , he was assigned to Toulon in the Control Department , then in Brest to the Armaments Office .ref:673
1.4.1765 Appointed Sous-Commissaire de la Marineref:673
1770 Appointed Commissaire Ordinaire de la Marineref:673
11.1781 Appointed Commissaire Général des Ports et Arsenauxref:673
11.17811783Appointed Commissaire Général Ordonnateur de la Marine at Grenada

He is bringing order to the administration of the colony and its finances .
Back in France, he did not get the job of colonial "Intendant" he hoped for .
He receives his salary as an "Ordonnateur" officer .

ref:673
1790 Retiredref:673
1793 He is a member of the revolutionary committee of Paris , section Petits Pères .ref:673

Notes on Officer


Notesref:673

A graduate in Law , he practices his legal profession at the Parliament of Paris .

He published a memoir on how to improve sugarcane crops , another in 1803 on how to perfectly improve corrupt waters .



Sources


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