Éléonor Jacques Marie Stanislas Perier de Salvert

Eléonor Jacques Marie Stanislas Perier de Salvert
Born	(1748-11-14)14 November 1748 Brest, France
Died	20 June 1783(1783-06-20) (aged 34–35) off Cuddalore, India
Allegiance	Kingdom of France
Service / branch	French Navy
Rank	Lieutenant de vaisseau in the French Navy

Éléonor Jacques Marie Stanislas Perier de Salvert (1748 – 1783) was a lieutenant de vaisseau in the French Navy.[1]

Biography

Coat of arms of the de Perier family.

Éléonor Jacques Marie Stanislas Perier de Salvert was a member of the de Perier family. He was the son of Antoine Alexis Perier de Salvert and Angélique Aimée Rosalie de Laduz de Vieuxchamps.[2] He joined the Navy as a Garde-Marine on 5 April 1762,[1] and was promoted to Lieutenant on 14 February 1778.[3]

In 1772, he was captain of the 4-gun cutter Furet.[4][5]

In 1776, he was at Isle de France (Mauritius).[6]

He served under Jean-Baptiste François Lollivier de Tronjoly on the 64-gun Brillant from 20 August to 3 September 1778, when he transferred to the frigate Pourvoyeuse as Saint-Orens' first officer. From 9 October to 9 December, he was in command of Enighed, a Danish prize that he brought to Port-Louis[1] Later, he was promoted to the command of the frigate Fine.[7]

On 14 July 1782, he was given command of the 54-gun Flamand, replacing Cuverville who had been promoted to the Vengeur.[3][8]

He was killed in action at the Battle of Cuddalore on 20 June 1783,[9] by the first broadside fired by the British.[3][10][11]

References

1. Roussel & Forrer (2019), p. 112.
2. Bulletin de la Société Académique de Brest (in French). Société académique de Brest. 1898. p. 169.: "Eléonore Jacques Marie Perier de Salvert", born in Brest on 14 November 1748 of "Alexis Périer de Salvert", chef d'escadre des armées navales ... and Angélique La Duz de Vieuxchant.
3. Lacour-Gayet (1910), p. 659.
4. Fonds Marine, p. 188.
5. Roche (2005), p. 216.
6. Fonds Marine, p. 204.
7. Cunat (1852), p. 105.
8. Cunat (1852), p. 180.
9. Lacour-Gayet (1910), p. 546.
10. Cunat (1852), p. 303.
11. Cunat (1852), p. 396.

Sources

• "Périer de Salvert" (PDF). Académie de Marine. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
• Cunat, Charles (1852). Histoire du Bailli de Suffren. Rennes: A. Marteville et Lefas. pp. 447.
• Doneaud Du Plan, Alfred (1878). Histoire de l'Académie de Marine. Paris: Berger-Levrault. p. 124.
• "Fonds Marine, sous-série B/4: Campagnes, 1571-1785" (PDF). Archives nationales. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
• Lacour-Gayet, Georges (1910). La marine militaire de la France sous le règne de Louis XV. Paris: Honoré Champion.
• Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours 1 1671 - 1870. p. 87. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922.
• Roussel, Claude-Youenn; Forrer, Claude (2019). Tromelin et Suffren, un conflit entre marins. Kronos. ISBN 978-2-917232-88-0.
• van Hille, Jean-Marc. "Éléonor Jacques Périer de Salvert (1748-1783), lieutenant de vaisseau, fondateur de la loge La Triple Espérance à l'Orient de Port-Louis dans l'Île de France". Retrieved 22 April 2020.

See also

• de Perier family
• Antoine-Alexis Perier de Salvert
• Étienne Perier