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About Guy-Victor Duperré
Admiral of France Guy-Victor Duperré was a French Navy officer. He is known for commanding French naval forces in the Mauritius campaign of 1809–1811 and was victorious in the Battle of Grand Port, where he was wounded. Later he had a command in the Mediterranean and continued to serve during and after the Bourbon Restoration. He commanded the naval elements of the expeditionary force that carried out the Invasion of Algiers in 1830 and went on to become Minister of the Navy three times.
Everything about Guy-Victor Duperré →- Occupation
- politician, Officer of the French Navy, admiral, soldier
- Position held
- Ministre de la Marine et des Colonies, Maritime Prefect, president, Ministre de la Marine et des Colonies
- Citizenship
- France
- Born
- February 20, 1775
- Died
- November 2, 1846