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Augustin-Félix-Élisabeth Barrin de La Galissonnière (Comte de La Galissonnière)


NationalityFrench 
RolesNaval Sailor, Administrator, Soldier 
Date of Birth19.12.1741 - AvoiseFWIKI
First Known Service1757ref:631
WifeJeanne-Charlotte Poisson de Malvoisin - Married 18.4.1779 - St-Jean-Baptiste , Chaumont , Haute-Marneref:631
Last Known Service23.6.1814ref:631
Date of Death2.3.1828 - Paris FWIKI

Event History


Date fromDate toEventSource
  Appointed Comte de La Galissonnièreref:631
  Appointed Grand-Officier de l'Ordre Royal Hospitalier et Militaire du Saint-Sépulcre de Jérusalemref:631
17571761Appointed Aide-Major

d'Escadres : 4 campaigns , no years , goes to Quebec to join his uncle the admiral and is taken prisoner at Belle-Île .

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1761 Capitaine de CavalerieFWIKI
17611762Capitaine de Dragons in the Languedoc Regiment : made in this capacity the last two campaigns of Hanover .FWIKI
1770 Colonel d'Infanterieref:631
3.1.1770 Colonel of the Legion of FlandersFWIKI
1779 Colonel of the Legion of Flanders and of the "Chasseurs of the Pyrenees" , and was employed, in 1779, at the army staff officer of the Duke of Coigny , destined to carry out a descent in England .ref:631
5.12.1781 Brigadier d'Infanterieref:631
9.3.1788 Maréchal de Campsref:631
9.3.17881789Commands in quality of Marechal de Camps in the Dauphiné Province .ref:673
1789 Grand Seneschal of the Hereditary Sword of the five seneschalges of Anjou and Saumur , he chaired as such the three orders at the Convocation of the States-General , in 1789 , and was appointed first deputy of the nobility of Anjou in the Constituent Assembly , where he stood out among the speakers . ref:631
21.5.1790 In the meeting of May 21 , 1790 , he proposed to have it decreed that the nation would delegate to the king the right to make peace or war, except the responsibility of the ministers .ref:631
23.7.1790 In that of July 23 , he discussed the ministerial project on the composition of the Army .ref:631
7.10.179022.10.1790In that of October 22 , he objected to the French flag taking the three colors, and requested that the old one be kept. He proposed, on the 7th and had it decreed, on the 22nd of the same month, that the naval officers, or attached to the navy, the soldiers of the corps of the colonies, would obtain the military decoration after 24 years of service .ref:631
26.2.1791 He spoke in the meeting of February 26 against the draft decree on the obligations and residence of the royal family .ref:631
25.4.1791 Presented , on April 15 , a draft organization for the navy, which was printed and adopted .ref:631
31.10.1791 Strongly opposed the separation of the assembly on October 31, 1791 and protested against the illegality of its operations .ref:631
1792 Having emigrated in 1792 , he was one of the officiers-generals commanding the vanguard of the army of Princes . Licensed after the campaign .ref:631
1795 He passed to the Army of Condé .ref:631
1801 Return in France .ref:631
18101811Candidate for the Senate in 1810 Candidate for the Presidency of the Legislative Body in 1811ref:631
10.8.18101811Appointed Député du Corps Législative

of Maine et Loire

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23.6.1814 Lieutenant-Général des Arméesref:631
23.8.1814 Appointed Commandeur l’Ordre Royal et Militaire de Saint-Louisref:631
18.2.1815 Appointed Chevalier de Ordre Royal de la Légion d'HonneurFWIKI

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