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LOUIS
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THOMAS VILLARET DE JOYEUSE (1750-1812)  ,
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French
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admiral, was
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born at
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Auch, of a
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noble
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family of
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Languedoc . He was originally destined for the
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church, but served for some
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time in the royal guard, which he had to leave at the
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age of sixteen after killing one of his comrades in a
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duel . He then entered the
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navy, and in 1773 was
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lieutenant on the " Atalante " in
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Indian
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waters . In 1778 he distinguished him-self at the
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siege of
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Pondicherry, and was promoted
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captain . He afterwards served under Suffren, took
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part in the
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battle of
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Cuddalore, and in 1781 was taken prisoner after a fierce encounter with an
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English
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vessel . He was released in 1783, and, unlike the
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majority of
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naval
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officers, did not emigrate during the Revolution . In 1791 he was in command of the " Prudente " in the waters of
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San Domingo, and in 1794 was appointed
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rear-admiral and assisted the Conventional, St
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Andre, in the reorganization of the
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fleet . Villaret was in command of the French fleet at the battle of the First of
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June . He was appointed a member of the
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Council of the Ancients in 1796, and was sentenced to
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deportation in the following
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year on ac-
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count of his royalist sympathies . He escaped
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arrest, however, and until the Consulate lived in obscurity at
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Oleron . In 1801 he commanded the
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squadron which transported the French
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army to San Domingo, and the following year was made captain-
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general of
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Martinique, which be surrendered to the English in 18o9 after a brave
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defence . In 1811, after some hesitation on the part of
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Napoleon, Villaret was rewarded for his services with the command of a military
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division and the
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post of
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governor-general of
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Venice .

He died at Venice .

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