Jean François Louis de Brach (28 May 1668 – 24 September 1739) was a French naval officer who was governor of
Martinique
Martinique ( , ; gcf, label=Martinican Creole, Matinik or ; Kalinago: or ) is an island and an overseas department/region and single territorial collectivity of France. An integral part of the French Republic, Martinique is located in th ...
from 1728 to 1739.
Life
Jean François Louis de Brach was born on 28 May 1668.
His parents were François Louis de Brach, seigneur de la Mothe-Montussan (died 1701) and Marie de Lootins.
He joined the navy and was a ''
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'' in 1685, ''
enseigne de vaisseau
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'' in 1691 and ''
lieutenant de vaisseau'' in 1692.
In 1717 Brach married Marie Thérèse Boutou de La Baugissière in Rochefort.
Their children were Jean (1718–93), François (born 1720), Renée Justine, Marie Anne Louise and Bertille.
In 1725 he bought
Esnandes
Esnandes () is a commune in the Charente-Maritime department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in southwestern France. Its inhabitants are known as ''Esnandais'' ().
Geography
This small town north of La Rochelle faces the bay of Aiguillon (forme ...
from Jean Gâtebois, director of the
Compagnie des Indes.
His son, also Jean-François-Louis de Brach, was seigneur d’Esnandes at the time of the
French Revolution
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.
Brach was promoted to ''
capitaine de frégate
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'' in 1727 and was appointed governor of Martinique the same year.
He replaced Jacques Charles Bochart, sieur de Champigny, and was succeeded by André Martin, Sieur de Pointesable.
He was made commander of the
Windward Islands
french: Îles du Vent
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in 1728, acting for the governor general.
Brach died on 24 September 1739 in
Rochefort, Charente-Maritime
Rochefort ( oc, Ròchafòrt), unofficially Rochefort-sur-Mer (; oc, Ròchafòrt de Mar, link=no) for disambiguation, is a city and communes of France, commune in Southwestern France, a port on the Charente (river), Charente estuary. It is a Subpr ...
.
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1668 births
1739 deaths
French Governors of Martinique