Jacques Bedout
Jacques Bedout (French pronunciation: [ʒak bədu]; January 13, 1751,[1][2][3] Quebec[4][1][3][5][2] – April 17, 1818,[1][3][5][2] Pauillac[3][1][2]) was a Canadian born naval officer who had both a merchant marine and Royal Navy career in France.
He was born to parents Marie Françoise Barolet[6][7][8][3] and Jean-Antoine Bedout,[7][8][6][3] the latter of whom was a member of the Superior Council of Quebec[7][8][2] and a merchant.[8][2] His purported elder brother was also named Jean Antoine Bedout, born 1744.[9]
Bedout spent 14 years in the merchant marine at the beginning of his career.[7][1] He moved to France and joined the French Royal Navy in 1777 as temporary sub-lieutenant[1][10][7] and rose to rear-admiral.[11] He earned a reputation for bravery and excellence in naval maneuvers during the time of the American War of Independence,[7] in which he fought alongside the Americans.[10]
In 1795, he commanded the 74-gun Tigre[8] at the Battle of Groix. Bedout sustained four injuries, and was taken prisoner after the capture of Tigre. At the British Parliament, Charles James Fox praised his defence of his ship, comparing him to Roman and Greek heroes.[12][13]
His career advanced steadily and, in 1802, Napoleon personally gave him a five ship squadron.[14] The flagship was the Argonaute[14][1][10] from which he commanded his squadron until illness forced his retirement in 1803.[14] He remained listed as active on the lists until 1816.[14]
Bedout always received high ratings from his superiors. Records show that he was considered a first rate officer.[14][7]
External links
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g "Biography – BEDOUT, JACQUES – Volume V (1801-1820) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography". www.biographi.ca. Retrieved 2022-07-15.
- ^ a b c d e f "Lettre du contre-amiral Jacques Bedout à R.-A. Villeblanche - ArchivesCanada". archivescanada.accesstomemory.ca. Retrieved 2022-07-15.
- ^ a b c d e f "Family tree of Jacques BEDOUT". Geneanet. Retrieved 2022-07-15.
- ^ Moine, Sir James MacPherson Le (1876). Quebec, Past and Present: A History of Quebec, 1608-1876. A. Coté & c,̊.
- ^ a b "Jacques Bedout . - [18-] - Archives de Montréal". archivesdemontreal.ica-atom.org. Retrieved 2022-07-15.
- ^ a b "Origin and genealogy of Jean-Antoine Bedout in French America (Quebec)". mesaieux.com.
- ^ a b c d e f g Saint-Maurice, Faucher de (1888). Joies et tristesses de la mer (in French). Librairie Saint-Joseph.
- ^ a b c d e "Advitam - Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec". advitam.banq.qc.ca. Retrieved 2022-07-15.
- ^ "Family tree of Jean Antoine BEDOUT (2)". Geneanet. Retrieved 2022-07-15.
- ^ a b c "Biographical data". www.nauticapedia.ca. Retrieved 2022-07-15.
- ^ "Biographical Notes 1". Archived from the original on 2011-04-14. Retrieved 2024-07-31.
- ^ Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nous jours, LV Jean-Michel Roche, 2005, p. 438
- ^ Troude, Onésime Joachim (1867). Batailles navales de la France, publ. par P. Levot (in French). Challamel ainé.
- ^ a b c d e Halpenny, Francess G.; Hamelin, Jean (1966). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 978-0-8020-3398-7.
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