Gilbert-Amable Faure-Conac, (5 April 1755 – 14 February 1819), was an officer of the French Navy and politician for the department of Creuse in the late eighteenth century.

Life

Born the son of Jean-Baptiste Faure, of Fournoux, and Marguerite Rochon, Faure-Conac volunteered for naval service in 1778, serving for three campaigns on ''Argus'', the corvette ''Sylphide'' and the frigate ''Pourvoyeuse'', and became sub-lieutenant under Admiral Suffren in the squadron sent to operate against British India during the American Revolutionary War.

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, ''Histoire de la ville et du port de Brest'', 1866
p. 374-375
note 2 He later became naval commander at Pontarion, and after the French Revolution the administrator for Creuse. On 7 September 1792 he was elected by plurality as the alternate deputy to represent Creuse at the National Convention. After the death of Jean-François Guyès, he took his seat on 25 frimaire an II (15 December 1793), where he was occupied exclusively with naval issues, voting to postpone the indictment against Minister of the Navy

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. By the decree of 30 thermidor an II (17 August 1794), Faure-Conac was sent on a mission with

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to the ports of Brest and Lorient, for which the committee of inspectors allocated 6000 livres on (18 August 1794). During this mission, they learned from the authorities of Bergen in Norway that French sailors had helped to extinguish a major fire in the city. On 20 frimaire an III (10 December 1794), with his colleague, Faure-Conac sent to the

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, the 171 decrees made during their trip, which were then redistributed to other committees. Recalled by the degree of 2 ventôse an III (20 February 1795), he was replaced by Julien-François Palasne de Champeaux and

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, ''ibid'', p. 226 et 502. At the convention, he opposed the plan by Marie-Benoît-Louis Gouly regarding the reorganisation of naval artillery. Elected by the same department for the

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on 21 vendémiaire an IV (13 October 1795) by 151 votes from 218 voters, Faure-Conac was promoted to captain on 22 September 1796, as commander of the frigate ''Bravoure''. On 8 ventôse an V (26 February 1797) he resigned his political position to serve in the Navy. Between 1799 and 1809, he commanded ''Indivisible'', ''Bravoure'', ''Constitution'', and ''Cassard''. On 4 January 1811, he was named commandant of the École de marine de Brest, on board the school-ship ''Tourville'' until 1814. He was made an honorary contre-amiral on 1 January 1816 and retired to Chénérailles. He was made an officier of the Légion d'honneur and a

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References

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, Gaston Cougny (dir.), ''Dictionnaire des parlementaires français de 1789 à 1889'', Paris, Bourloton, 1889, tome 2,
de Faure à Favreau
, pp. 611–620 * ''This article is based on a translation of an article from the French Wikipedia''.

Notes

{{DEFAULTSORT:Faure-Conac, Gilbert-Amable Deputies to the French National Convention 1755 births People from Creuse 1819 deaths French Navy officers Représentants en mission Members of the Council of Five Hundred Officers of the Legion of Honour Knights of the Order of Saint Louis