Marc-Antoine Bourdon de Vatry
Marc-Antoine Bourdon Vatry (24 November 1761, Saint-Maur-des-Fossés – 22 April 1828, Paris), brother of Louis-François Bourdon, was a French Naval Minister.[1]
He began in 1778 as a clerk in the offices of the navy at Brest, and as Expeditionary Secretary of Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau in the United States (1781–1783).[2]
Back in France he was appointed director of the colonies at the Department of Navy (1792–1797). On 3 July 1799, he became Minister of Marine and remained until 1800.[3]
Under the Consulate and Empire, he was maritime prefect of Le Havre, prefect of Vaucluse, and Maine-et-Loire in 1809, Prefect of Gênes. This town erected a statue in memory of the work he had done in this port. During the Hundred Days, he was prefect of the Isère.
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Preceded by | Minister of the Navy and the Colonies 2 July 1799 – 22 November 1799 | Succeeded by Pierre-Alexandre-Laurent Forfait |
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- François-Marie, marquis de Barthélemy
- Philippe-Antoine Merlin de Douai
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- Preceded by National Convention
- Followed by French Consulate