Antoine Cresp

Antoine Cresp
Born(1731-10-19)19 October 1731
Saint-Cézaire-sur-Siagne, France
Died12 April 1782(1782-04-12) (aged 50)
Military career
Branch
French Navy
Rank
captain
Conflicts
Battle of the Chesapeake
Battle of the Saintes

Antoine Cresp de Saint-Césaire (Saint-Cézaire-sur-Siagne, 19 October 1731 — Northumberland, 12 April 1782) was a French Navy officer. He served in the War of American Independence.

Biography

Saint-Césaire was born in Saint-Cézaire-sur-Siagne on 19 October 1731 to Suzanne-Roseline de Grasse and to François Cresp de Saint-Cézaire. He was nephew to De Grasse.

He was promoted to captain, and made a Knight in the Order of Saint Louis. Saint-Césaire was close to Mirabeau, and was best man at his wedding.

He took part in the Battle of the Chesapeake on 5 September 1781 as De Grasse's flag captain on the 110-gun Ville de Paris.

Saint-Césaire captained the 74-gun Northumberland at the Battle of the Saintes on 12 April 1782. He was killed in action.

Legacy

A plaque was unveiled on 3 July 1976 at the city hall of Saint-Cézaire-sur-Siagne by Admiral Frederick C. Turner, Commander of the United States Sixth Fleet, Rear-Admiral Fernand Victor Robin, commander of the Mediterranean squadron of the French Navy, and Marcel Andreis, the Mayor.

Sources and references

Notes

  1. ↑ Also written "Saint-Cézaire".

Citations

  1. 1 2 Lacour-Gayet (1910), p. 434.
  2. 1 2 3 "Son histoire". Saint-Cézaire-Sur-Siagne. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Musée de la Marine (2019), p. 87.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Antier (1991), p. 322.
  5. ↑ Lacour-Gayet (1910), p. 648.
  6. ↑ Rouxel, Jean-Christophe. "Fernand Victor ROBIN". Parcours de Vie dans la Royal. Retrieved 8 May 2020.

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