Michel Jacques François Achard

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Michel Jacques François Achard (French pronunciation: [miʃɛl ʒak fʁɑ̃swa aʃaʁ]; 14 October 1778 – 6 January 1865) was a French general de brigade (brigadier general).

He was born in Vieux Fort, Saint Lucia. He was a member of the Chamber of Peers under the July Monarchy, a member of the National Legislative Assembly of the French Second Republic and a member of the Senate of the Second French Empire.

Honours

Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour
knight of the Order of Saint Louis
1833: Commander of the Order of Leopold.^[1]

References

^ Royal order of 18.04.1833

Books

Mullié, Charles (1852). "ACHARD (MICHEL-JACQUES-FRANÇOIS, baron)" . Biographie des célébrités militaires des armées de terre et de mer de 1789 à 1850 (in French). Paris: Poignavant et Compagnie.
"Michel Jacques François Achard", in Adolphe Robert and Gaston Cougny, Dictionnaire des parlementaires français (1789-1891), Bourloton, Paris, 1889 Edition details Wikisource