Auguste-Nicolas Vaillant was briefly Minister of Navy and Colonies in 1851 during the French Second Republic.
14 Facts About Auguste-Nicolas Vaillant
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Auguste-Nicolas Vaillant sailed on the coast of Brittany and in the English Channel, which was blockaded by the English fleet during the Napoleonic Wars Auguste-Nicolas Vaillant was promoted to 2nd class cadet on 1 December 1810 and served on coastal vessels and on river and canal boats.
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Auguste-Nicolas Vaillant was promoted to 1st class cadet on 29 March 1813 and soon after was given command of the Texel.
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Auguste-Nicolas Vaillant was restored to his rank of sub-lieutenant on 1 July 1818.
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Auguste-Nicolas Vaillant was made Lieutenant on 4 August 1824, and the next year was given command of the Estafette, which was employed in turn in the Levant, at Tunis, and on the coasts of Catalonia and Romagna.
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In 1828 Auguste-Nicolas Vaillant participated in the Morea expedition during the Greek War of Independence.
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Auguste-Nicolas Vaillant was named Commander on 1 March 1831, and became aide-de-camp to the Naval Minister Henri de Rigny.
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In February 1836 Auguste-Nicolas Vaillant was given command of the Bonite for a voyage of circumnavigation of the globe.
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Auguste-Nicolas Vaillant was promoted to captain in 1838, and joined the expedition to Mexico later that year.
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On 17 April 1843 Auguste-Nicolas Vaillant married Zilia, sister of Baron Andre de Neuflize.
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On 1 May 1849 Auguste-Nicolas Vaillant was promoted to commodore, and on 6 August 1849 was made second in command of the 2nd Mediterranean squadron, under Alexandre Ferdinand Parseval-Deschenes.
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On 24 January 1851 Auguste-Nicolas Vaillant was appointed minister of marine.
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Later in 1851 Auguste-Nicolas Vaillant was made governor-general of the French West Indies and commander of the naval stations in the Antilles and the Gulf of Mexico.
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Auguste-Nicolas Vaillant then became governor of Martinique before having to return to France in 1853 due to poor health.