Louis-André-Joseph de Lombard

Louis-André-Joseph de Lombard was a French Navy officer. He served in the War of American Independence.

Biography

Lombard was born to the family of a Council of the Parliament of Bordeaux. He joined the Navy as a Garde-Marine on 17 September 1751. He was promoted to Lieutenant on 1 October 1764. [1][2]

In 1770, he took command of the 14-gun fluyt Barbue, at Rochefort.[3] He commissioned her an Ile d'Aix in January 1771. She was wrecked in December 1771 at Penmarch.[4]

In 1773, Lombard commanded the 16-gun corvette Perle.[5] In 1777, he commanded ship Courtier at Rochefort.[3] He was promoted to Captain on 4 April 1777.[1][2]

In 1779, he captained the frigate Terpsichore, first around Ile de Ré, Ile d'Aix and Brest,[6][7][8] and then part of the squadron under Orvilliers.[9] He was later promoted to the command of the 64-gun Provence,[10] which he commanded at the Battle of Cape Henry on 16 March 1781. [1]

Lombard was a Knight in the Order of Saint Louis and a member of the Society of the Cincinnati.[1]

Notes

    Citations
    1. Gardiner (1905), p. 216.
    2. Lacour-Gayet (1910), p. 641.
    3. Archives nationales (2011), p. 208.
    4. Roche (2005), p. 63, volume 1.
    5. Archives nationales (2011), p. 194.
    6. Archives nationales (2011), p. 218.
    7. Archives nationales (2011), p. 241.
    8. Archives nationales (2011), p. 243.
    9. Lacour-Gayet (1910), p. 640.
    10. Lacour-Gayet (1910), p. 645.

    References
    • Contenson, Ludovic (1934). La Société des Cincinnati de France et la guerre d'Amérique (1778-1783). Paris: éditions Auguste Picard. OCLC 7842336.
    • Gardiner, Asa Bird (1905). The order of the Cincinnati in France. The Rhode Island state society of Cincinnati. OCLC 5104049.
    • Lacour-Gayet, Georges (1910). La marine militaire de la France sous le règne de Louis XVI. Paris: Honoré Champion.
    • Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. Vol. 1. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.


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