Английская Википедия:Antoine-Alexis Perier de Salvert
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Antoine Alexis PerierШаблон:Efn (1691Шаблон:Snd1757), also known as Perier the Younger (Шаблон:Lang-fr), Perier the Cadet, and (after 1729) Perier de Salvert,[1][2][3]Шаблон:EfnШаблон:Efn was a French naval officer appointed to the rank of chef d'escadre in 1752, commander of the order of Saint-Louis.
Early life
Antoine Alexis Perier de Salvert was a member of the de Perier de Salvert family. He was the son of Étienne Perier and Marie de Launay.Шаблон:Sfn His father was a non-noble shipowner and merchant in Le Havre and a captain of the Port of Dunkirk.[4] (In October 1726, he was ennobled via letters patent of Louis XV together with his father and his brother Étienne in recognition of the family's decades of service to the king).Шаблон:Sfn
From 1701 to 1702 he sailed as a privateer on a frigate off the English coast, and then on the Escadre du Nord under Pointis and Шаблон:Ill.Шаблон:Sfn In 1705, his father securred him a position as a garde de la Marine, but he continued to serve in a fleet of French corsairs.Шаблон:Sfn[5]
Шаблон:Prose From 1705 he became a ensign on several privateer ships in Duguay-Trouin's squadron and Forbin's squadron. He took part in several naval battles along the coasts of England, Scotland, Russia, Norway and Denmark.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn
He was on board the Protée when in October 1707 Forbin's squadron captured three English ships — HMS Cumberland, HMS Chester, and HMS Ruby — and sank HMS Devonshire during the Battle at The Lizard.Шаблон:Sfn
In March 1708 he was given command of a frigate in Forbin's squadron which failed to transport James Francis Edward Stuart to Scotland.Шаблон:Sfn The same year, he served on Blekoualle under captain Du Quesnel. In 1709 Du Quesnel gave him the command of a captured ship.Шаблон:Sfn
In 1709 he took command of a brigantine and captured a privateer ship from Ostend Шаблон:Sfn and later he served on the frigate the Zéphyr.Шаблон:Sfn He was wounded in the stomach by a "dead bullet". When the Zéphyr was captured, he was a prisoner for six months in England.Шаблон:SfnШаблон:Sfn
In 1712 he took command of the Lion and captured 37 merchant ships.Шаблон:Sfn
In 1716 he moved to the service of the Compagnie du Sénégal.Шаблон:Sfn He was given command of a 30-gun frigate and took back Fort James in Gambia from pirates.Шаблон:Sfn
From 1720 to 1722 he served the Compagnie des Indes. He was given command of four armed frigates. In 1721, he took over the fortress of Arguin after 13 days of siege. He got his brevet of ensign of vessel on 16 August 1721.Шаблон:Sfn
From 1722 to 1724 he was attached to the direction of works of the port of Lorient in Brittany.Шаблон:Sfn
In 1724 he returned to the service of the Compagnie des Indes. He took command of two frigates and six transport vessels of the Compagnie.Шаблон:Sfn
In 1724 after 13 days of siege, he took over the forts of Arguin and Portendick occupied by the Dutch.Шаблон:Sfn
In 1727 he was in France and served on the Neptune commanded by the Шаблон:Ill.Шаблон:Sfn
In 1730 he got a brevet of lieutenant de vaisseau and the commanded the Fluyt Somme.Шаблон:Sfn He was also appointed king's lieutenant to the Louisiana government under the orders of his brother, Étienne Perier, governor of Louisiana. He arrived in Louisiana in 1731, made an expedition against the Natchez and returned in France.Шаблон:Sfn
In 1733 he was appointed second captain on the Griffon, then commander of the Méduse.Шаблон:Sfn
In 1734 he was on the Fleuron under the command of M. de Beauharnais. The vessel was in charge of transporting soldiers to help the King of Poland during the Siege of Danzig.Шаблон:Sfn
In 1738–1739 he commanded the Astrée in charge of protecting along the coasts of Guinea the trade of the Compagnie des Indes from the attacks of the English. In 1739, he destroyed along the coast of Morocco the flagship of the Salé Rovers.Шаблон:Sfn
On 1 May 1741 he was appointed capitaine de vaisseau.Шаблон:Sfn
In March 1744 he commanded the Dauphin-Royal.Шаблон:Sfn
In 1745, during the siege of Louisbourg, he was appointed to command a squadron for the defense of Louisbourg, but the expedition was canceled.Шаблон:Sfn
In 1747 he got the command of Northumberland and of a squadron sent to help Canada.Шаблон:Sfn
On 17 February 1750 he was appointed commissioner general of artillery. Then, he commanded Le Lys and a division on the coast of Guinea. On his return, he was appointed chef d'escadre on 1 September 1752.
In 1755 he commanded Le Bizarre in comte Dubois's squadron and he went to Duisburg.Шаблон:Sfn
In 1756 the king appointed him attached to the council of the Ministry of Marine and director of naval charts and plans.Шаблон:Sfn
He died on 7 April 1757 in Versailles, France, and was buried the day after in the Notre-Dame de Versailles[6] in the presence of the first officers of the court.Шаблон:Sfn
Decorations
- Knight of the Order of Saint Louis on 13 May 1738.Шаблон:Sfn
- Commander of the Order of Saint Louis on 19 June 1756 (honorary)Шаблон:Sfn and 19 October 1756.Шаблон:Sfn
Personal life
Perier de Salvert married in 1729 Marie-Françoise de Piotard and in 1749 Angélique-Rosalie de Laduz.[7] He had two sons from his first marriage and one from his second marriage.Шаблон:Sfn
After his first marriage he lived in the manor of Moros near Concarneau in Brittany,Шаблон:Sfn which he bought from Abraham Duquesne.[8][9][10]
See also
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- ↑ Archives des Yvelines, registre de Notre Dame (1757), folio 29: 8 April 1757. burial certificate of Antoine Alexis Perier de Salvert.
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
- ↑ Lanriec.com Le journal de la rive gauche de Concarneau, 2011, page 2.
- ↑ In 1757, after his death, it was noted that his property consisted of half of the lordships of Moros and Kerrichard. In a land register of April 14, 1753, he was called "Lord Perrier de Salvert"
- ↑ Archives.Finistère.fr Les registres de formalités et droits joints - Typologie : Droit des décrets volontaires
