Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte

Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte
Portrait of La Motte-Piquet by Jean-Pierre Franque
Born	(1720-07-01)1 July 1720 Rennes, France
Died	10 June 1791(1791-06-10) (aged 70) Brest, France
Allegiance	Kingdom of France
Service/branch	French Navy
Years of service	1735-1787
Rank	Lieutenant général des armées navales
Commands held	Renommée Solitaire Robuste Saint-Esprit Annibal
Battles/wars	Battle of Ushant (1778) Battle of Grenada Siege of Savannah Battle of Martinique (1779)
Awards	Grand Cross of the Order of Saint Louis

Count Toussaint-Guillaume Picquet de la Motte,^{[Note 1]} also known as La Motte-Picquet (born 1 November 1720 in Rennes; died 10 June 1791 in Brest) was a French Navy officer and admiral. Over a career spanning 50 years, he served under Louis XV and Louis XVI and took part in 34 campaigns.^[1] He fought in the Seven Years' War and in the Naval battles of the American Revolutionary War, earning the ranks of Commandeur in the Order of Saint Louis in 1780, and of Grand Cross in 1784. He died during the French Revolution.

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