Jean Baptiste Camille Canclaux, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jean Baptiste Camille Canclaux

French general

Date of Birth: 02-Aug-1740

Place of Birth: Paris, Île-de-France, France

Date of Death: 27-Dec-1817

Profession: military personnel, politician, diplomat

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Jean Baptiste Camille de Canclaux (2 August 1740, in Paris – 27 December 1817, in Paris) was a French army commander during the French Revolution and a Peer of France.
He joined a cavalry regiment the French Royal Army in 1756 and fought at Minden in the Seven Years' War.
He attained the rank of maréchal de camp (brigadier general) in 1788 and lieutenant general in 1792.
He commanded the Army of the Coasts of Brest from May until October 1793 fighting several actions during the War in the Vendée.
Replaced for political reasons, he led the Army of the West in 1794–1795.
He held interior posts during the rest of the French Revolutionary Wars and under the First French Empire of Napoleon.