Louis Pierre Alexis Pothuau

Birth: 27 Oct 1815
Paris, City of Paris, Île-de-France, France
Death: 7 Oct 1882 (aged 66)
Paris, City of Paris, Île-de-France, France
Burial: Cimetière du Père Lachaise

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Plot: Division 14
Memorial ID: 202478990 View Source

French Naval Admiral and Politician. He served as deputy for Paris, then as a senator for life under the 3rd Republic. He was twice Minister for the Navy and the Colonies (1871 to 1873 and 1877 to 1879), and ended his career as France's ambassador to England (1878 to 1880). He died at the age of 66. In 1893 a naval cruiser was named in his honor.

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