Marc-Antoine Bourdon de Vatry
Marc-Antoine Bourdon Vatry (24 November 1761, Saint-Maur-des-Fossés – 22 April 1828, Paris), brother of Louis-François Bourdon, was a French Naval Minister.[1]
He began in 1778 as a clerk in the offices of the navy at Brest, and as Expeditionary Secretary of Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau in the United States (1781–1783).[2]
Back in France he was appointed director of the colonies at the Department of Navy (1792–1797). On 3 July 1799, he became Minister of Marine and remained until 1800.[3]
Under the Consulate and Empire, he was maritime prefect of Le Havre, prefect of Vaucluse, and Maine-et-Loire in 1809, Prefect of Gênes. This town erected a statue in memory of the work he had done in this port. During the Hundred Days, he was prefect of the Isère.[4]
References
- ^ "Marc-Antoine Bourdon de Vatry (1761-1828)". data.bnf.fr.
- ^ "Family tree of Marc Antoine BOURDON DE VATRY". Geneanet.
- ^ "Bourdon de Vatry, Marc Antoine - Minister - Napoleon & Empire". www.napoleon-empire.com.
- ^ "Marc Antoine Bourdon De Vatry (1761-1828) - Find A Grave-gedenkplek".
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