Guy-Pierre de Kersaint explained

Office:Prefect of the département of Meurthe
Term Start:1815
Term End:1816
Birth Date:26 November 1747
Birth Place:Brest, France
Death Date:24 August 1822
Death Place:Suresnes, France
Branch:French Navy
Father:Guy François Coëtnempren de Kersaint
Relatives:Armand-Guy-Simon de Coetnempren, comte de Kersaint
Battles:American Revolutionary War
Rank:contre-amiral

Guy Pierre de Coëtnempren, comte de Kersaint (26 November 1747 – 24 August 1822) was a French Navy officer, brother of Navy officer and politician Armand-Guy-Simon de Coetnempren, comte de Kersaint. He took part in the American War of Independence.

Biography

He did not accept the principles of the French Revolution, so he emigrated. He was restored to his rank in the French Navy in 1803, and died in 1822, after having been prefect maritime of Antwerp, and prefect of the département of Meurthe.

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. Biographie bretonne: recueil de notices sur tous les Bretons qui se sont fait un nom. Prosper Levot. 1852. Caudran. French. 2.