Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French admiral
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Place of Birth: Rennes, Brittany, France
About Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte
- Count Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte (born 1 November 1720 in Rennes; died 10 June 1791 in Brest) was a French admiral. Aged fifteen, he joined the navy as a midshipman and served in Morocco, the Baltic Sea, the Caribbean Islands and in India.
- Noted for his strategic skills, he was called to Paris in 1775 to help the Secretary of State prepare the order to reorganise the Navy.
- In 1778, as a Squadron Commander, he took part in the Battle of Ouessant on the Saint-Esprit, and then cruised the English seas.
- During one month, he captured thirteen ships. During the American Revolutionary War, Picquet de la Motte distinguished himself as a member of Admiral d'Estaing's squadron in Martinique, during the Battle of Grenada, and the Siege of Savannah. On 18 December 1779, he attacked a British squadron under the command of Admiral Hyde Parker that was attempting to blockade a French convoy; such was the success of his "Combat de la Martinique", that Hyde Parker sent him a letter of congratulation: The conduct of your Excellency in the affair of the 18th of this month fully justifies the reputation which you enjoy among us, and I assure you that I could not witness without envy the skill you showed on that occasion.
- Our enmity is transient, depending upon our masters; but your merit has stamped upon my heart the greatest admiration for yourself. In 1781, as commander of a nine-vessel squadron that included three frigates, Picquet de la Motte intercepted the fleet of Admiral Rodney en route from St.
- Eustatius which the British had captured in February 1781.
- Picquet de la Motte captured 26 British ships, along with Rodney's plunder in the amount of 5 million sterling.
- Soon afterwards he was promoted to Lieutenant General of the Naval Armies. Picquet de la Motte died in 1791, after fifty-two years of service.
- Four vessels of the French Navy have been named in his honour, the most recent being the first-rank frigate Lamotte-Picquet.
- There is a street in the 7th arrondissement of Paris named after him, l'Avenue de la Motte-Picquet.
- The Paris metro station La Motte-Picquet – Grenelle is located on the avenue, on the border of the 7th and 15th arrondissements of Paris.
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Source: Photographed in Histoire de la Marine française illustrée, Larousse, 1934.
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| Alternative names | Augustin Saint-Aubin; A. de S. Aubin; a. de st. aubin; Augustin De Saint-Aubin; Auguste de Saint-Aubin; augustin de saint-aubin | ||
| Description | French engraver brother of Charles-Germain de Saint-Aubin brother of Gabriel Jacques de Saint-Aubin | ||
| Date of birth/death | 3 January 1736 | 9 November 1807 | |
| Location of birth/death | Paris | Paris | |
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After Charles-Nicolas Cochin
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| Alternative names | Charles-Nicolas Cochin (II), Charles-Nicolas Cochin the Younger | ||
| Description | French graphic artist | ||
| Date of birth/death | 22 February 1715 | 29 April 1790 | |
| Location of birth/death | Paris | Paris | |
| Work period | rococo | ||
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Source: Photographed in Histoire de la Marine française illustrée, Larousse, 1934.
License: CC-PD-Mark
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