Chevalier de Boades
{{short description|French Navy officer of the War of American Independence}}
The Chevalier de Brun de Boades ( — 7 September 1781 {{sfnp|Lacour-Gayet|1910|p=641}}) was a French Navy officer. He served in the War of American Independence.
Biography
Brun de Boades was born to the family of a Council of the Parliament of Provence. His uncle, Jean de Brun de Boades, also served in the Navy, reaching the rank of Chef d'Escadre.{{sfnp|Lacour-Gayet|1910|p=641}} Boades joined the Navy as Garde-Marine on 2 April 1748, and was promoted to Lieutenant on 15 January 1762. {{sfnp|Lacour-Gayet|1910|p=641}}
He was promoted to Captain on 4 April 1777.{{sfnp|Lacour-Gayet|1910|p=641}} In 1778, he captained the frigate Magicienne.{{sfnp|Archives nationales|2011|p=224}}
In 1780, Boades captained the 64-gun Triton in the squadron under Guichen.{{sfnp|Archives nationales|2011|p=284}}{{sfnp|Lacour-Gayet|1910|p=643}} He died on 7 September 1781 of wounds sustained at the Battle of the Chesapeake.{{sfnp|Lacour-Gayet|1910|p=641}}{{sfnp|Dawson|1936|p=136}}{{sfnp|Kérallain|1928|p=31}}
Sources and references
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Bibliography
- {{cite book |last=Lacour-Gayet |first=Georges|author-link=Georges Lacour-Gayet|title=La marine militaire de la France sous le règne de Louis XVI |date=1910 |publisher=Honoré Champion |location=Paris |url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k1181278}}
- {{cite journal |last1=Dawson |first1=Warrington |date=1936 |title=Les 2112 Français morts aux États-Unis de 1777 à 1783 en combattant pour l'indépendance américaine |url=https://www.persee.fr/doc/jsa_0037-9174_1936_num_28_1_1936 |journal=Journal de la société des américanistes |issue=28-1 |pages=136 |access-date=29 April 2020}}
- {{cite journal |last1=Kérallain|first1=R. |date=1928 |title=Bougainville à l'armée du Cte de Grasse|url=https://www.persee.fr/doc/jsa_0037-9174_1928_num_20_1_3639 |journal=Journal de la société des américanistes |issue=20 |access-date=29 April 2020}}
- {{cite book |first=Jean-Michel |last=Roche |year=2005 |title=Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours, 1671 - 1870 |isbn=978-2-9525917-0-6 |oclc=165892922 |pages=325–6|publisher=Group Retozel-Maury Millau}}
- {{Cite book|first=Onésime-Joachim|last=Troude|author-link=Onésime-Joachim Troude|year=1867|publisher=Challamel ainé|url=https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6541320m|title=Batailles navales de la France|language=fr|volume=2}}
External links
- {{cite web |url=http://www.archivesnationales.culture.gouv.fr/chan/chan/series/pdf/Marine-B4.pdf|author=Archives nationales|access-date=29 April 2020|title=Fonds Marine, sous-série B/4: Campagnes, 1571-1785|year=2011}}
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Category:French military personnel of the American Revolutionary War