Marc Antoine Bourdon de Vatry, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Marc Antoine Bourdon de Vatry

French Naval Minister

Date of Birth: 24-Nov-1761

Place of Birth: Saint-Maur-des-Fossés, Île-de-France, France

Date of Death: 22-Apr-1828

Profession: politician

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius


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About Marc Antoine Bourdon de Vatry

  • Marc-Antoine Bourdon Vatry (24 November 1761, Saint-Maur-des-Fossés – 22 April 1828, Paris), brother of Louis-François Bourdon, was a French Naval Minister. He began in 1778 as a clerk in the offices of the navy at Brest, and as Expeditionary Secretary of Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau in the United States (1781–1783).
  • Back in France he was appointed director of the colonies at the Department of Navy (1792–1797).
  • On 3 July 1799, he became Minister of Marine and remained until 1800. Under the Consulate and Empire, he was maritime prefect of Le Havre, prefect of Vaucluse, and Maine-et-Loire in 1809, Prefect of Gênes.
  • This town erected a statue in memory of the work he had done in this port.
  • During the Hundred Days, he was prefect of the Isère.

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