Jean-Marthe-Adrien l'Hermite

Contre-amiral Jean-Marthe-Adrien L'Hermite
Contre-amiral Jean-Marthe-Adrien L'Hermite, portrait by Antoine Maurin.
Born	29 September 1766 Coutances, Manche
Died	28 August 1826(1826-08-28) (aged 59) Plessis-Picquet
Allegiance	French First Republic First French Empire Louis XVIII
Service/branch	French Navy
Years of service	1780–1816
Rank	Contre-amiral
Commands held	Seine Preneuse Brutus Alexandre Vengeur Régulus Ville de Varsovie Ville de Marseille
Battles/wars	American War of Independence Battle of Porto Praya French Revolutionary Wars Glorious First of June Empire L'Hermite's expedition
Awards	Baron of the Empire Legion of Honour Order of Saint Louis Name engraved on the Arc de Triomphe

Seine
Preneuse
Brutus
Alexandre
Vengeur
Régulus
Ville de Varsovie

American War of Independence

French Revolutionary Wars

Empire

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.