Antoine-Jean-Marie Thévenard
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Vice-amiral Antoine-Jean-Marie Thévenard |
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Vice-amiral Antoine-Jean-Marie Thévenard, portrait by Louis Hierle.
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| Born | 7 December 1733 Saint-Malo |
| Died | 9 February 1815 (aged 81) Paris |
| Allegiance |
Louis XVI French First Republic First French Empire |
| Service/branch | French Navy |
| Years of service | 1745–1816 |
| Rank | Vice-amiral |
| Awards |
Count of the Empire |
| Relations | Father to Antoine-René Thévenard |
Count of the Empire
Grand officer of the Legion of Honour
Commander of the Order of Saint Louis
Antoine Jean Marie Thévenard (7 December 1733, Saint-Malo – 9 February 1815, Paris) was a French politician and vice admiral. He served in the French ruling regimes of Louis XVI, those of the Revolution, Napoleon I and Louis XVIII, and is buried at the Panthéon de Paris. His son Antoine-René Thévenard, capitaine de vaisseau, was killed at the Battle of Aboukir whilst commanding the 74-gun Aquilon.
Thévenard was born to Antoine Thévenard, a senior officer in the merchant navy, and Jeanne Moinet. He began sailing as a lieutenant in 1747 on merchantmen captained by his father, and went on to sail for the Compagnie des Indes.
Aged 12 he embarked on a Compagnie des Indes ship and fought in several battles. He became a lieutenant in 1754 and destroyed the English establishments on the Newfoundland coast and took part in the pirate François Thurot's expedition to Ireland (1759). He earned the rank of Capitaine de vaisseau in the Compagnie des Indes in 1764, and earned his first command of an East Indianer in 1768.
Thévenard enlisted in the French Royal Navy in 1770, where his rank in the Compagnie des Indes earned him the rank of Commander. He was also made a Knight in the Order of Saint Louis and rose to Captain in 1773, commanded the Lorient fleet from 1779, was promoted to Brigadeer of the naval armies in 1784, and eventually to Chef d'escadre in 1783.
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