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Vincent-Joseph-Marie de Proisy de Brison

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Vincent-Joseph-Marie de Proisy de Brison [1] [Note 1] (died 28 July 1779, in Brest) [4] was a French Navy officer. He notably served during the War of American Independence.

Biography

Proisy was born to the family of Jeanne-Marie-Françoise de Héron and of Alphonse de Proisy. [4] [5] His older brother, La Salle Proisy, also served in the Navy. [6] Proisy joined the Navy as a Garde-Marine on 26 November 1745. [6]

Proisy was promoted to Lieutenant on 17 April 1757. [6] On 23 May 1758, he married Pélagie Gouyon. [4] On 19 March 1763, he was made a Knight in the Order of Saint Louis. [4]

In 1765, he commanded the fluyt Forte, [7] [8] carrying wook from Pyrenees. [8] In 1769, he commanded the 12-gun corvette Écureuil between Saint -Domingue and Brest. [9] In 1770, he sailed her to Guadeloupe. [10]

Proisy was promoted to Captain on 24 March 1772. [6] In 1778, Proisy captained the 64-gun Actionnaire, part of the White squadron under Orvilliers. He took part in the Battle of Ushant on 27 July 1778. [2] [3] [11]

Proisy retired from the Navy on 1 July 1779. [6]

Sources and references

Notes

  1. Also written "Proissy" [2] [3]

Citations

  1. La Chenaye Desbois (1776), p. 550.
  2. 1 2 Troude (1867), p. 7.
  3. 1 2 Lacour-Gayet (1905), p. 615-617.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Goüyon, Mériadec. "des Rochettes" . Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  5. Goüyon & Boisnard (2007).
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 Lacour-Gayet (1905), p. 624.
  7. Roche (2005), p. 208.
  8. 1 2 Archives nationales (2011), p. 170.
  9. Archives nationales (2011), p. 181.
  10. Archives nationales (2011), p. 183.
  11. Chack (2001), p. 379.

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