Major Général, Brest - Brittany - French

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He chaired the first commission of inquiry into the sinking of the "Meduse" , hearing the testimony of the surviving sailors . Publicly professing his royalist opinions , he had a special celebration given on April 26, 1816 in his quarters in the south pavilion of Fort Brest , in order to celebrate the second anniversary of the King's visit to his home . On this occasion , he will receive the highest personalities of the city and of the Brest fleet including Charles de Bernard de Marigny , François Nivard Charles Joseph d'Hénin , Gabriel Mathieu Simond de Moydier , the mayor of the city Le Gros , François Joseph Bouvet or even Pierre Devaux . He donated that day a bust of Louis-XVIII to the city of Brest , undertook to offer each year on the same date a complete garment to the most needy sailor family in Brest , and 21 cannon shots were drawn at the end of the banquet , during which the health of the king and the royal family was repeatedly raised .