Has anyone ever heard of a deceased man named Guy-Victor Duperre?

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Has anyone ever heard of a deceased man named Guy-Victor Duperre?

I just want to know because I think I'm a descendant of him.

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Guy-Victor Duperr㩠(La Rochelle, 20 February 1775–Paris, 2 November 1846) was a French admiral, Pair de France and thrice Naval Minister.

In November 1792, Duperr㩠joined the Navy. He served against the Netherlands and Britain aboard the corvette Maire-Guiton, and later aboard the frigate Tortu. In May 1796, he was made an auxiliary enseign aboard the Virginie. In June, he was captured by the British during a night fight. He was exchanged two years later and made a full rank enseign, taking command of the corvette P㩬agie.

In 1804, he was made a lieutenant de vaisseau, and later assistant of the pr㩦et maritime of Boulogne-sur-Mer. In 1806, he servied off Brazil aboard the V㩴㩲an, under J㩲㴭e Bonaparte. Back to France, he was promoted to capitaine de fr㩧ate on the 28 September. In 1808, hw lead a troop convoy to Martinique; returning to France, he was intercepted by a British blockade off Lorient, and managed to escape by beaching his ship.

Napol㩯n made him a capitaine de vaisseau and knight of the L㩧ion d'honneur, before promoting him to Commodore. On the 6 December 1810, Duperr㩠was made Baron of the Empire.

Duperr㩠was sent to the ㎬e de France (now Mauritius) aboard the frigate Bellone, fighting several British ships in the process. On the 23 August 1810, he won the Battle of Grand Port, completely destroying a British sqadron. He was wounded in this battle. The naval victory made its way on the Arc de Triomphe. In recognition, Duperr㩠was promoted to contre-amiral when he returned to France in September 1811.

From 1812 to 1814, Duperr㩠commanded the Italianand French naval forces in the Mediterrean and the Adriatic. In 1814, he defended Venice against Austria.

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