Antoine Cresp de Saint-Césaire
# Antoine Cresp de Saint-Césaire

Antoine Cresp de Saint-Césaire (Saint-Cézaire-sur-Siagne, 19 October 1731 — Northumberland, 12 April 1782) was a French Navy officer. He served in the War of American Independence.

## Biography

Saint-Césaire was born in Saint-Cézaire-sur-Siagne on 19 October 1731 to Suzanne-Roseline de Grasse and to François Cresp de Saint-Cézaire. He was nephew to De Grasse.

He was promoted to captain, and made a Knight in the Order of Saint Louis. Saint-Césaire was close to Mirabeau, as was best man at his wedding.

He took part in the Battle of the Chesapeake on 5 September 1781 as De Grasse's flag captain on the 110-gun Ville de Paris.

Saint-Césaire captained the 74-gun Northumberland at the Battle of the Saintes on 12 April 1782. He was killed in action.

## Legacy

A plaque was unveiled on 3 July 1976 at the city hall of Saint-Cézaire-sur-Siagne by Admiral Frederick C. Turner, Commander of the United States Sixth Fleet, Rear-Admiral Fernand Victor Robin, commander of the Mediterranean squadron of the French Navy, and Marcel Andreis, the Mayor.

## Sources and references

Notes

* ↑ Also written "Saint-Cézaire".

Citations

* 1 2 Lacour-Gayet (1910), p. 434.
* 1 2 3 "Son histoire". Saint-Cézaire-Sur-Siagne. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
* 1 2 3 4 5 Musée de la Marine (2019), p. 87.
* 1 2 3 4 Antier (1991), p. 322.
* ↑ Lacour-Gayet (1910), p. 648.
* ↑ Rouxel, Jean-Christophe. "Fernand Victor ROBIN". Parcours de Vie dans la Royal. Retrieved 8 May 2020.

References

* Antier, Jean-Jacques (1991). L'Amiral de Grasse, héros de l'indépendance américaine. Rennes: Éditions de la Cité, Ouest-France. ISBN 9-782737-308642.
* Lacour-Gayet, Georges (1910). La marine militaire de la France sous le règne de Louis XVI. Paris: Honoré Champion. pp. 431–434.
* Musée de la Marine (2019). Mémorial de Grasse (in French). Grasse: Sud Graphique.
