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Jean Henri Joseph Dupotet (17 December 1777, in Chaugey – 9 January 1852, in Paris) Dupotet was born the first son of a 10-sibling family. He joined the Navy as a sailor at 16. From May 1795, he served aboard the 32-gun ''Alceste''. Dupotent distinguished himself on 7 August 1795, when the squadron of ''Alceste'' attacked and captured the 74-gun HMS ''Berwick''. He was promoted to midshipman 3rd class and transferred to the ''Unité''. On 20 April 1796, ''Unité'' was captured at Annaba by HMS ''Inconstant'', and Dupottet was taken prisoner. Returned to France, he was promoted to ensign on 3 March 1798. He took part in the Cruise of Bruix, and served on the ''Argonaute'' for a campaign at the Leeward Islands. Upon his return, he was promoted to lieutenant, and served as second in command aboard the ''Redoutable'', taking part in the Battle of Trafalgar. Released after the battle, he was promoted to frigate captain and served as an aid to Denis Decrès. In 1807, he commanded the ''Charlemagne'' and Flushing harbour. In 1809, he took command of the 44-gun ''Niémen'', bound for Bordeaux, only to run into a British frigate squadron blockading Brest. In the resulting Action of 6 April 1809, ''Niémen'' was captured and Dupotet taken prisoner again. Dupotet remained a prisoner for 5 years before returning to France at the Bourbon restauration. In July 1815, he was given command of the ''Flore''. He subsequently commanded the ''Gloire'' and the ''Jeanne d'Arc'', flagship of the Caribbean squadron. From 1830 and 1834, by then a rear-admiral, Dupotet was governor of Martinique.〔(List governors of Martinique )〕 In 1839, he commanded the French blockade of the Río de la Plata, and negotiated with Juan Manuel de Rosas the next year. He is mentioned in the correspondence of Charles Darwin〔(Letter 1061 — Darwin, C. R. to Owen, Richard, 12 Feb 1847 )〕 Dupotet was promoted to vice-admiral in 1841, and served as general inspector of the harbours of the Atlantic from 1844. He retired in 1845 and died sever years later. He is buried in Père Lachaise Cemetery (39th Division, 9th rank, M, 31).〔(DUPOTET Jean Henri Joseph (1777-1852) ), Association des Amis et Passionnés du Père-Lachaise〕 == External links == * (Jean Henri Joseph Dupotet héros de Trafalgar ), ''Bien Public'' * (Le Vice-Amiral Jean-Henry Dupotet, un illustre Châtillonnais. )] Conference by Jenry Camus. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jean Dupotet」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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