Antoine Cresp de Saint-Césaire explained

Birth Place:Saint-Cézaire-sur-Siagne, France
Birth Date:19 October 1731
Death Date:12 April 1782
Rank:captain
Branch:French Navy
Battles:Battle of the Chesapeake
Battle of the Saintes

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

Biography

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

He was promoted to captain, and made a Knight in the Order of Saint Louis. Saint-Césaire was close to Mirabeau, and was best man at his wedding.

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.

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

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,[1] and Marcel Andreis, the Mayor.[2]

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References

. Jean-Jacques Antier . L'Amiral de Grasse, héros de l'indépendance américaine . 1991 . Éditions de la Cité, Ouest-France . Rennes . 9-782737-308642.

. Georges Lacour-Gayet. La marine militaire de la France sous le règne de Louis XVI . 1910 . Honoré Champion . Paris . 431–434.

. Musée de la Marine. Musée national de la Marine. 2019. Sud Graphique. Grasse. Mémorial de Grasse. French.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rouxel . Jean-Christophe . Fernand Victor ROBIN . Parcours de Vie dans la Royal . 8 May 2020.
  2. Web site: Son histoire . Saint-Cézaire-Sur-Siagne . 8 May 2020.