JEAN

See also:

• BERNARD, CHARLES DE
• BERNARD, CLAUDE (1813-1878)
• BERNARD, JACQUES (1658--1718)
• BERNARD, MOUNTAGUE (1S2o—1882)
• BERNARD, SAINT
• BERNARD, SAINT (Iogo-1153)
• BERNARD, SIMON (1779—1839)
• BERNARD, SIR THOMAS, BART

BERNARD

See also:

• JEAN BERNARD JAUREGUIBERRY (1815-1887)

JAUREGUIBERRY (1815-1887)  , French admiral, was born at Bayonne on the 26th of August 1815 . He entered the navy in 1831, was made a lieutenant in 1845, commander in 1856, and captain in 186o . After serving in the Crimea and in China, and being governor of Senegal, he was promoted to rear-admiral in 1869 . He served on land during the second part of the Franco-German War of 1870-71, in the rank of auxiliary general of division . He was present at Coulmiers, Villepion and Loigny-Poupry, in command of a division, and in Chanzy's retreat upon Le Mans and the battle at that place in command of a corps . He was the most distinguished of the many naval officers who did good service in the military operations . On the 9th of December he had been made vice-admiral, and in 1871 he commanded the fleet at Toulon; in 1875 he was a member of the council of admiralty; and in October 1876 he was appointed to command the evolutionary squadron in the Mediterranean . In February 1879 he became minister ofthe navy in the Waddington cabinet, and on the 27th of May following was elected a senator for life . He was again minister of the navy in the Freycinet cabinet in r880 . A fine example of the fighting French seaman of his time, Jaureguiberry died at Paris on the 21st of October 1887 .