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VILLARET DE JOYEUSE, See also:- LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
LOUIS See also:- THOMAS
- THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
- THOMAS (d. 110o)
- THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
- THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
- THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
- THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
- THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
- THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
- THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
- THOMAS, ST
- THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
- THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)
THOMAS (1750-1812) , See also:French See also:admiral, was See also:born at See also:Auch, of a See also:noble See also:family of See also:Languedoc. He was originally destined for the See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church, but served for some See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time in the royal guard, which he had to leave at the See also:age of sixteen after killing one of his comrades in a See also:duel. He then entered the See also:navy, and in 1773 was See also:lieutenant on the " Atalante " in See also:Indian See also:waters. In 1778 he distinguished him-self at the See also:siege of See also:Pondicherry, and was promoted See also:captain. He afterwards served under Suffren, took See also:part in the See also:battle of See also:Cuddalore, and in 1781 was taken prisoner after a fierce encounter with an See also:English See also:vessel. He was released in 1783, and, unlike the See also:majority of See also:naval See also:officers, did not emigrate during the Revolution. In 1791 he was in command of the " Prudente " in the waters of See also:San Domingo, and in 1794 was appointed See also:rear-admiral and assisted the Conventional, St See also:Andre, in the reorganization of the See also:fleet. Villaret was in command of the French fleet at the battle of the First of See also:June. He was appointed a member of the See also:Council of the Ancients in 1796, and was sentenced to See also:deportation in the following See also:year on ac-See also:count of his royalist sympathies. He escaped See also:arrest, however, and until the Consulate lived in obscurity at See also:Oleron. In 1801 he commanded the See also:squadron which transported the French See also:army to San Domingo, and the following year was made captain-See also:general of See also:Martinique, which be surrendered to the English in 18o9 after a brave See also:defence. In 1811, after some hesitation on the part of See also:Napoleon, Villaret was rewarded for his services with the command of a military See also:division and the See also:post of See also:governor-general of See also:Venice. He died at Venice.
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