Fran ois Joseph Paul, marquis de Grasse Tilly, comte de Grasse (1722 - January 1788), Frenchadmiral, was born at Bar, in the present d partment of the Alpes-Maritimes.
In 1734 de Grasse took service on the galleys of the Order of Malta, and in 1740 entered the French Navy, being promoted to chief of squadron in 1779. He took part in the naval operations of the American War of Independence, and distinguished himself in the battles of Dominica and Saint Lucia (1780), and of Tobago (1781). He was less fortunate at St Kitts, where he was defeated by Admiral Hood. Shortly afterwards, in April 1782, he was defeated and taken prisoner by Admiral Rodney. Some months later he returned to France, published a M moire justificatif, and was acquitted by a court-martial (1784).
His son Alexandre de Grasse, published a Notice biographique sur l'amiral comte de Grasse d'apr s les documents in dits in 1840. See G Lacour-Gayet, La Marine militaire de la France sous le r gne de Louis XV (Paris, 1902).
This article incorporates text from the public domain 1911 Encyclop dia Britannica.
He was the son of AdmiraldeGrasse (1723-1788), who commanded the French fleet which helped in causing Cornwallis’ surrender at Yorktown and the triumph of the Americans.
Comte deGrasse father in law become a founder in a Masonic Lodge named La Candeur at Charleston and is founded in large by French Roman Catholics.
DeGrasse goes to Santo Domingo to offer his services to General Hedouville and is captured, put in jail, and his feet/hands put in irons.
François Joseph Paul, Count deGrasse, was born on 13 September 1722 near the Provencal town of Grasse, in the castle of Bar-sur-Loup, a village where visitors are surprised to find a street named “rue de Yorktown”.
DeGrasse assured Washington that he would remain until Cornwallis was forced to surrender.
AdmiraldeGrasse's earthly remains are inconspicuously interred in the church of Saint Roch.
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