Henri-Louis de Boulainvilliers de Croy

Boulainvilliers was born to a noble family from Brest.^[1] His father was a Navy captain.^[2] His son, Joseph de Boulainvilliers de Croy, was also a Navy officer and later a Chouan insurgent.^[1]

Boulainvilliers joined the Navy as a Garde-Marine in 1735. He was promoted to Lieutenant in 1751, and to Captain in 1757.^[2]

He commanded the 80-gun Languedoc^[3] as flag captain to Estaing.^[4] He took part in the Battle of Rhode Island,^[5] the Battle of Grenada on 6 July 1779,^[6] and in the Siege of Savannah.^[2]

Boulainvilliers' superiors saw him as having reach the limits of his abilities, and advised against his promotion to a general officer position.^{[Note 2]} Boulainvilliers was promoted to Chef d'escadre on 5 May 1780, and was retired from the Navy on 13, a week later.^[7]

Notes

References

Bibliography

• Contenson, Ludovic (1934). La Société des Cincinnati de France et la guerre d'Amérique (1778-1783). Paris: éditions Auguste Picard. OCLC 7842336.
• Gélis, Matthieu (2010). "Joseph de Boulainvilliers, premier général des chouans du Morbihan" (PDF). Mémoires de la société d'histoire et d'archéologie de Bretagne (LXXXVIII). Rennes: Société d'histoire et d'archéologie de Bretagne: 153–170. OCLC 869411366. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 July 2020. Retrieved 29 May 2020.
• Lacour-Gayet, Georges (1905). La marine militaire de la France sous le règne de Louis XVI. Paris: Honoré Champion. OCLC 763372623.
• Troude, Onésime-Joachim (1867). Batailles navales de la France (in French). Vol. 2. Challamel ainé. OCLC 836362484.

• Archives nationales (2011). "Fonds Marine, sous-série B/4: Campagnes, 1571-1785" (PDF). Retrieved 29 April 2020.