Jean-François-Xavier Noguès

Jean-François-Xavier Noguès was born on 3 December 1769 in Castelnau-Rivière-Basse, Hautes-Pyrénées.[1][2][3] His father, Antoine Noguès, was a landowner in Castelnau-Rivière-Basse; his mother was Marie Rangon (or Ranson).[1][2] One of his brothers, Antoine Noguès, also became a general.[1]

Noguès joined the Army of the Eastern Pyrenees on 5 November 1791.[1] He became a lieutenant on 2 March 1792 and a captain on 4 April 1792.[1] He was wounded in Le Boulou in 1893, and promoted to battalion chief.[1] He was also wounded in Saint-Laurent de la Monga.[1] He became adjutant general on 4 November 1894, and he was appointed as Chief of the Defence Staff of the Army of the Midi in 1795.[1] He served alongside Jean Lannes, and he was wounded in the battle of Pô in 1800.[1] He appointed as brigadier general on 28 July 1800.[1]

Noguès served in Martinique and Saint Lucia in 1802, when he was captured by the English and sent back to France.[1] He commanded the Charente in June 1803, and he became an aide-de-camp to Louis Bonaparte in 1804.[1][2] He was appointed as a divisional general in February 1805.[1] When Louis Bonaparte left Paris in November 1805, Noguès became its commander.[2]

He served as Lieutenant Governor of Saint Lucia from 1802 to 1803.[4][5]

Noguès was elected as a member of the Corps législatif from 21 September 1805, and he became its president on 6 November 1806.[1] He was also appointed as a constable of France,[2] and as the governor of The Hague by Louis Bonaparte in 1806.[1]

Noguès was a commander of the Legion of Honour.[1][2]

Noguès retired at the Château Montus, also known as Château de Montas, in his hometown of Castelnau-Rivière-Basse, where he died on 9 January 1808.[1][2]