Comte ''Comte'' is the French, Catalan and Occitan form of the word 'count' (Latin: ''comes''); ''comté'' is the Gallo-Romance form of the word 'county' (Latin: ''comitatus''). Comte or Comté may refer to: * A count in French, from Latin ''comes'' * A ...

Louis Charles d'Hervilly (26 February 1756,

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– 14 November 1795,

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) was a French nobleman and émigré. He was involved in the abortive landing at

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. His daughter married the general

Marie-François Auguste de Caffarelli du Falga Marie-François Auguste de Caffarelli du Falga (October 7, 1766, Haute-Garonne, France - January 23, 1849, Leschelles, near Guise, Aisne) was a French divisional general, général de division of Italians, Italian descent. Two of his Caffarelli (d ...

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Life

D'Hervilly is listed as one of the persons of note buried in Old St Pancras Churchyard in London on the

Burdett-Coutts Memorial The Burdett Coutts Memorial Sundial is a structure built in the churchyard of Old St Pancras, London, in 1877–79, at the behest of Baroness Burdett-Coutts. The former churchyard included the burial ground for St Giles-in-the-Fields, where ma ...

in the churchyard to commemorate lost graves therein.

American Revolution, Rennes, les Tuileries

Escape and invasion

The south face of the Burdett Coutts memorial

Bibliography

* ''Annuaire de la noblesse de France'', 1880, 1881, B.n.F. : 8° Lc35. 10 * H. Jougla de Morenas (then Comte

Raoul de Warren Raoul de Warren (born 5 September 1905 in Lyon - d. 5 March 1992 in Paris) was a French writer, historian, genealogist and lawyer. He was the President of the Evidence Commission for the ''Association d'entraide de la noblesse française (Mutual Aid ...

), ''Grand armorial de France'', Paris, 1934–1949, tome : 2, Cote B.n.F. : Fol. Lm1. 209. * M. Michaud, ''Biographie universelle ancienne et moderne'', T. 19, p. 362 et 363.

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