Antoine Cresp de Saint-Césaire

Antoine Cresp de Saint-Césaire [Note 1] (Saint-Cézaire-sur-Siagne,[2] 19 October 1731 — Northumberland, 12 April 1782)[3] was a French Navy officer. He served in the War of American Independence.

Antoine Cresp de Saint-Césaire
Born19 October 1731 
Saint-Cézaire-sur-Siagne 
Died12 April 1782  (aged 50)
Îles des Saintes 
OccupationOfficer of the French Navy 

Biography

Saint-Césaire was born in Saint-Cézaire-sur-Siagne on 19 October 1731[3][2] to Suzanne-Roseline de Grasse and to François Cresp de Saint-Cézaire. He was nephew to De Grasse.[4]

He was promoted to Captain, and made a Knight in the Order of Saint Louis.[3] Saint-Césaire was close to Mirabeau, as was best man at his wedding.[4]

He took part in the Battle of the Chesapeake on 5 September 1781 as De Grasse's flag captain on the 110-gun Ville de Paris.[3][5] [4]

Saint-Césaire captained the 74-gun Northumberland at the Battle of the Saintes on 12 April 1782. He was killed in action. [3][1][4]

Legacy

A plaque was unveiled on 3 July 1976 at the city hall of Saint-Cézaire-sur-Siagne by Admiral Frederick C. Turner, Commander of the United States Sixth Fleet, Rear-Admiral Fernand Victor Robin, commander of the Mediterranean squadron of the French Navy,[6] and Marcel Andreis, the Mayor.[2]

Sources and references

Notes

  1. Also written "Saint-Cézaire".[1]

Citations

  1. Lacour-Gayet (1910), p. 434.
  2. "Son histoire". Saint-Cézaire-Sur-Siagne. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  3. Musée de la Marine (2019), p. 87.
  4. Antier (1991), p. 322.
  5. Lacour-Gayet (1910), p. 648.
  6. Rouxel, Jean-Christophe. "Fernand Victor ROBIN". Parcours de Vie dans la Royal. Retrieved 8 May 2020.

References

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