Contre-amiral Jean-Marthe-Adrien L'Hermite |
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Contre-amiral Jean-Marthe-Adrien L'Hermite, portrait by Antoine Maurin.
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Born | 29 September 1766 Coutances, Manche |
Died | 28 August 1826 Plessis-Picquet |
(aged 59)
Allegiance |
French First Republic First French Empire Louis XVIII |
Service/branch | French Navy |
Years of service | 1780–1816 |
Rank | Contre-amiral |
Commands held |
Seine |
Battles/wars | L'Hermite's expedition |
Awards |
Baron of the Empire |
Seine
Preneuse
Brutus
Alexandre
Vengeur
Régulus
Ville de Varsovie
Baron of the Empire
Legion of Honour
Order of Saint Louis
Jean-Marthe-Adrien L'Hermite (Coutances, Manche, 29 September 1766 — Plessis-Picquet, 28 August 1826) was a French sea captain and rear admiral, notable for his involvement in the Glorious First of June and his expedition into the Atlantic in 1805.
L'Hermite was born to the family of a counselor to the Bailiwick and Présidial of Cotentin. He joined the Navy in 1780, at the age of 14 as a novice on the coast guard cutter Pilote-des-Indes, cruising the English Channel, and on which he distinguished himself during the capture of an English privateer off Chausey.