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Blaise Cavelier


NationalityFrench 
RolesAdministrator 
Date of Birth22.2.1755 - Quimper ref:673
First Known Servicebef.1789ref:673
A.K.A.CavellierFWIKI
Last Known Service1817ref:673
Date of Death20.9.1831 - La Garde , Varref:673

Event History


Date fromDate toEventSource
c.1789 Head of the Naval Control Office in Brest at the Revolution .  FWIKI
10.9.179120.9.1792Appointed Député de l'Assemblée Nationale Législative

of Finistère : charged , in 1792 , to report on the conduct of Minister Bertrand de Molleville , he declared that the Minister had lost the confidence of the Nation .

FWIKI
1.11.179231.12.1792Appointed Commissaire de la Marine de Troisième ClasseFWIKI
1.1.179320.12.1793Appointed Commissaire de la Marine de Deuxième Classe at Brest

He was part of the Federated Battalion of Finistère which was to join the "Girondins" in Caen but Cavellier , suddenly become a "Montagnard" , threw disagreement among the federates of Brest , and advised everyone to return home .

FWIKI
21.12.1793 Appointed Commissaire de la Marine de Première ClasseFWIKI
21.3.1796 Appointed Contrôleur de la Marine at Toulon

aka "Controleur du Port" ??

FWIKI
13.7.1798 Appointed Ordonnateur de la Marine at ToulonFWIKI
23.9.1802 Appointed Inspecteur de la Marine at ToulonFWIKI
23.9.18021816Appointed Inspecteur de la MarineFWIKI
14.6.1804 Appointed Chevalier de Ordre Royal de la Légion d'HonneurFWIKI
1816 Reformed .FWIKI
1817 Appointed Commissaire Général de la Marine

for his retirement ??

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