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Jean-Charles-Alexandre Sallandrouze De Lamornaix
Jean-Charles-Alexandre Sallandrouze de Lamornaix (16 April 1840 in Paris - 18 September 1899 in Cherbourg) was a French admiral who served as the Chief of Staff of the French Navy from 1896 to 1898. He died on the '' Formidable'' in Cherbourg Harbour. He was decorated with the French Legion of Honor, Grand Cross of the Order of Saint Anna, the Order of Saint Stanislaus, the Order of Aviz, the Order of Christ of Portugal, the Order of the Holy Sepulchre, the Order of the Medjidie, the Order of the Sacred Treasure and Life Jean-Charles-Alexandre Sallandrouze de Lamornaix was the second son of the politician Charles Sallandrouze de Lamornaix, who represented Creuse in the National Assembly between 1846 and 1847. Sallandrouze de Lamornaix began his career in 1855, as a naval officer at the ''École navale'' aboard the training ship ''Borda'' ''(''formerly the '' Commerce de Paris).'' After a brief station in Brest from August to October 1857, he was assigned to the ''Alg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amiral Sallandrouze
Admiral is one of the highest ranks in some navies. In the Commonwealth nations and the United States, a "full" admiral is equivalent to a "full" general in the army or the air force, and is above vice admiral and below admiral of the fleet, or fleet admiral. Etymology The word in Middle English comes from Anglo-French , "commander", from Medieval Latin , . These evolved from the Arabic () – (), “ king, prince, chief, leader, nobleman, lord, a governor, commander, or person who rules over a number of people,” and (), the Arabic article answering to “the.” In Arabic, admiral is also represented as (), where () means the sea. The 1818 edition of Samuel Johnson's ''A Dictionary of the English Language'', edited and revised by the Rev. Henry Todd (priest), Henry John Todd, states that the term “has been traced to the Arab. emir or amir, lord or commander, and the Greek language, Gr. , the sea, q. d. ''prince of the sea''. The word is written both with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
