Pierre André de Suffren - Saint-Tropez, France
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Pierre André de Suffren was vice-admiral of France and Bailli of the Order of Malta. His full-size statue faces the Mediterranean Sea on the Quai Suffren of Saint-Tropez.
Waymark Code: WMV4JV
Location: Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
Date Posted: 02/22/2017
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Admiral comte Pierre André de Suffren de Saint Tropez (17 July 1729 – 8 December 1788), Bailli de Suffren, French admiral. He was most famous for his campaign in the Indian Ocean, in which he fought a series of intense and evenly matched battles for supremacy against the established British power there, led by Vice-Admiral Sir Edward Hughes. Alfred T. Mahan praised Suffren as "a very great man" and evaluated him in terms he usually reserved for praising decisively victorious admirals.
The French navy and the Order of Malta (where he received the title of Bailli de Suffren) offered the usual careers for the younger sons of noble families of the south of France who did not elect to go into the Church. The connection between the Order and the old French royal navy was close. Pierre André de Suffren was destined by his parents to belong to both. Between 1767 and 1771 he performed his caravans (galleys of the Order), and was promoted from knight to commander of the Order. In 1781 he succeeded the Comte d'Aubigny without opposition to the post of vice-admiral of France. He had been promoted bailli in the Order of Malta during his absence. His death occurred very suddenly, when he was about to take command of a fleet collected in Brest. He died of apoplexy, due to a "gout travelling upwards added to a putrid abscess"
Allegiance : Sovereign Military Order of Malta
Awards : Order of the Holy Spirit, Order of Saint-John of Jerusalem
Name of Military Order: Knights Hospitaller
Link documenting charitable acts: Not listed
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