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    Louis Guillouet, comte d'Orvilliers (26 March 1710 – 1792) was a French admiral. Louis Guillouet d'Orvilliers was born on 26 March 1710 in Moulins, Allier...
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  • Gilbert Guillouet, seigneur d'Orvilliers (c. 1708 – 11 May 1764) was a French soldier who was commander of French Guiana from 1730 to 1763, and governor...
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    squadron that formed the rear of the French fleet under Louis Guillouet, comte d'Orvilliers, with his flag on the 80-gun Saint-Esprit. At the Battle...
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    Claude Guillouet d'Orvilliers was governor of Cayenne from September 1716 until his death in December 1729. Claude's son Gilbert Guillouet d'Orvilliers was...
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    Pierre-Nicolas Rolland (category Knights of the Order of Saint Louis)
    of Independence, on board Sibylle in 1778 in the squadron of Louis Guillouet d'Orvilliers, the Amphion in 1779, in the squadron of d'Estaing, the Amphitrite...
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    frigates, five corvettes and one lugger, commanded by Vice-Admiral Comte d'Orvilliers, who had sailed from Brest on 8 July. Keppel sighted the French fleet...
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    a commander of a division, Comte de Grasse served under Louis Guillouet, comte d'Orvilliers at the First Battle of Ushant from July 23 to 27, 1778. The...
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    Corrèze). His maternal grandfather, Admiral Louis Guillouet, comte d'Orvilliers, had been ennobled by Louis XIV. He completed his education under the Admiral...
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  • January - Donat Nonnotte, painter (died 1785) 26 March - Louis Guillouet, comte d'Orvilliers, admiral (died 1792) 2 September - André le Breton, publisher...
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  • Governor of the Danish West Indies (1756–1766) French Guiana – Gilbert Guillouet d'Orvilliers, Governor of French Guiana (1757–1763) French India – Thomas Arthur...
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