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Pierre Victor Malouet


NationalityFrench 
RolesAdministrator 
Date of Birth11.2.1740 - Riom , Puy de Dômeref:673
First Known Service1763ref:673
WifeMarie Louise Behotte , second husband - Married 25.4.1768, Fort Dauphin ref:673
Foster Childref:673
Last Known Service1.1810ref:673
Date of Death7.9.1814 - Paris ref:673

Event History


Date fromDate toEventSource
1763 Appointed Inspecteur des Magasins des Colonies at Rochefort

In particular , he was responsible for directing the shipments of settlers to Guyana .

ref:673
1764 He is an Embarkation Inspector at Cayenne (to go to Cayenne at Rochefort ??) .ref:673
1765 Appointed Inspecteur de la Marine at Bordeauxref:673
2.17671769Appointed Sous-Commissaire de la Marine at Saint-Domingueref:673
1769 Appointed Commissaire des Classesref:673
1774 Appointed Membre du Comité de Législation des Colonies at Versaillesref:673
17751780Appointed Commissaire Général de la Marine

Secretary of Madame Adélaïde , daughter of Louis XV .

FWIKI
5.17761778Appointed Commissaire Général Ordonnateur de la Marine at Cayenne

He is inspired by the methods of the Dutch in Suriname for the reclamation of the low and flooded lands of the coastal zone .

ref:673
1779 On the way back to France , he was taken prisoner by an English privateer . No year when released 1779 or 1780 .ref:673
1780 Appointed Commissaire du Roi at Marseille

He is responsible for selling the Arsenal and negotiating a loan of 10 million . His success earned him a Pension from the King .

ref:673
17811789Appointed Intendant de la Marine at Toulonref:673
1788 He publishes a "memoir on the slavery of negroes" .ref:673
17.6.178930.9.1791Appointed Député de l’Assemblée Constituante du Baillage

Riom , Puy de Dôme .

He became one of the leaders of the Constitutional Party , a follower of an English Monarchy .

ref:673
9.17921803He emigrated to England after the massacres .He remained there until 1801 .In 1793, he was one of the signatories of the Whitehall Treaty signed with the English which allowed the settlers of Saint-Domingue , Martinique , to fight the Revolution and oppose the emancipation of slaves .In 1803 , he is removed from the list of emigrants by Bonaparte .ref:673
25.2.180324.2.1808Appointed Commissaire Général de la Marine at Antwerpen

He displayed great activity there , creating the Arsenal and Shipyards where 19 vessels were built .
He took part in the defense of Antwerp during the English attack of September 1809 .

FWIKI
17.1.1805 Appointed Chevalier de Ordre Royal de la Légion d'Honneurref:673
25.2.18081.1810Appointed Préfet Maritime at AntwerpenFWIKI
2.1810 Appointed Baron de l'Empireref:673
2.18101812Appointed Conseiller d'Etatref:673
5.1810 Appointed Chevalier de Ordre Royal de la Légion d'Honneurref:673
30.6.1811 Appointed Chevalier de Ordre Royal de la Légion d'Honneurref:673
1812 He fell into disgrace and went into exile in Touraine .ref:673
3.4.18147.9.1814Appointed Ministre de la Marine et des Colonies at ParisFWIKI

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