Vincent-Joseph-Marie de Proisy de Brison

Vincent-Joseph-Marie de Proisy de Brison[1][Note 1] ( — Brest, 28 July 1779)[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. Troude (1867), p. 7.
3. Lacour-Gayet (1905), p. 615-617.
4. Goüyon, Mériadec. "des Rochettes". Retrieved 23 May 2020.
5. Goüyon & Boisnard (2007).
6. Lacour-Gayet (1905), p. 624.
7. Roche (2005), p. 208.
8. Archives nationales (2011), p. 170.
9. Archives nationales (2011), p. 181.
10. Archives nationales (2011), p. 183.
11. Chack (2001), p. 379.

References

• Chack, Paul (2001). Marins à bataille (in French). 1. Paris: Le Gerfaut. ISBN 9782901196921. OCLC 552986998.
• Goüyon, Mériadec; Boisnard, Luc (2007). Les Gouyon Matignon : huit siècles d'histoire, leurs juveigneurs, leurs alliances et leurs demeures (in French). Mayenne, France: Éditions régionales de l'Ouest. ISBN 978-2-85554-128-0. OCLC 799734837.
• La Chenaye Desbois, François Alexandre Aubert (1776). Dictionnaire de la noblesse ... de France (in French). 11. Antoine Boudet. OCLC 163129892.
• Lacour-Gayet, Georges (1905). La marine militaire de la France sous le règne de Louis XVI. Paris: Honoré Champion. OCLC 763372623.
• Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. 1. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922. (1671-1870)
• Taillemite, Étienne (1982). Dictionnaire des Marins français. Paris: Éditions maritimes et d'Outre-Mer. ISBN 9782707000316. OCLC 239744936.
• Troude, Onésime-Joachim (1867). Batailles navales de la France (in French). 2. Challamel ainé. OCLC 836362484.

External links

• Archives nationales (2011). "Fonds Marine, sous-série B/4: Campagnes, 1571-1785" (PDF). Retrieved 29 April 2020.