ESTAING, CHARLES HECTOR, COMTE D'

shärl ĕktôrˈ kôNt dĕstăNˈ, 1729–94, French admiral. After serving in India he was given (1778) command of a French fleet sent to aid the colonists in the American Revolution. Planning to attack Newport, R.I., he was undone by a storm and had to put in at Boston for repairs. In 1779 he cooperated with Gen. Benjamin Lincoln in the unsuccessful attack on Savannah. In 1780 he returned to France. Estaing commanded the National Guard at Versailles during the invasion (Oct. 5–6, 1789) of the palace by a Parisian mob, but he took no action. Sympathetic to some of the aims of the French Revolution, yet personally close to the royal family, he testified (1793) in favor of Marie Antoinette during her trial. He was later guillotined as a royalist.

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Securing American Independence: John Jay and the French Alliance
Book by Frank W. Brecher; Praeger, 2003
Subjects: France--Foreign Relations--United States, Jay, John--1745-1829, Statesmen--France--Biography, Statesmen--United States--Biography, United States--Foreign Relations--1775-1783, United States--Foreign Relations--France, United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Participation, French, United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Peace, Vergennes, Charles Gravier--Comte De--1719-1787
...Dunkirk, 19-20 , 174 e East Indies, 166 , 170 , 174-75 England. See Great Britain Eon, Charles de Beaumont, d, 26 Estaing, Charles-Hector, comte d: commander of joint Franco-Spanish fleet (1782), 170 , 206 ; mission to American waters...
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Cornwallis: The Imperial Years
Book by Mary Wickwire, Franklin Wickwire; University of North Carolina, 1980
Subjects: Cornwallis, Charles Cornwallis--Marquis--1738-1805, Great Britain--Colonies--Administration--History--18th Century, Great Britain--Politics And Government--18th Century, India--History--British Occupation, 1765-1947, Ireland--History--1760-1820, Statesmen--Great Britain--Biography
...of England, 109 Ely, Charles Tottenham, first Earl...first Earl of, 236 Estaing, Jean-Baptiste-Charles Henri Hector called Charles-Hector, Charles Theodat, Charles-Henri...Jean-Baptiste Charles Comte d, 131 Europeans in India...
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A Diary of the French Revolution - Vol. 2
Book by Beatrix Cary Davenport, Gouverneur Morris; Houghton Mifflin Company, 1939
Subjects: France--Foreign Relations--United States, France--History--Revolution, 1789-1799, United States--Foreign Relations--France
...Espanchale, Mme. d, 1 , 83 -84, 85 Esparnac, Abbe d, 1 , 236 and n . Espresmenil, d, 1 , 232 Estaing, Charles-Hector, Comte d, 1 , 6 and n ., 22 , 307 , 335 ; 2 , 212 , 487...
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France in the American Revolution
Book by James Breck Perkins; Houghton Mifflin, 1911
Subjects: France--Foreign Relations--United States, United States--Foreign Relations--France, United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783--Participation, French
...and Spain, 517 . Eon, Chevalier d, and the proposed invasion of England...de Beaumont. See Eon, Chevalier d. Escurial, Treaty of the 1733 , the first Family Compact, 499 . Estaing, Charles Hector, Comte d, his defeat of Byron, 106 , 273...
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A Herman Melville Encyclopedia
Book by Robert L. Gale; Greenwood Press, 1995
Subjects: Authors, American--19th Century--Biography--Encyclopedias, Melville, Herman--1819-1891--Encyclopedias
...duc de and Count DEstaing see Estaing, Charles Hector, Comte d Franklin obtains a commission...e., John Home Tooke * , and Charles Woodcocke see Woodcock, Squire...Louise, the daughter of Prince Charles of Mecklenburg-Strelitz 1793...
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Estaing, Charles Hector, Comte D'
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ESTAING, CHARLES HECTOR, COMTE D sharl ektor koNt destaN , 1729 94, French admiral. After serving...unsuccessful attack on Savannah. In 1780 he returned to France. Estaing commanded the National Guard at Versailles during the invasion...


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