Monument list for Pere Lachaise (Pt3) Cemetery

Monument list

no.	family surname	full name	birth year	age	burial year	image name	GPR ref.	view no.	request no.	notes

1	Abell	Antoinette Abell	1836	43	1879	id: PPLLetrou	329580	1255	1
		Felicit� Lepinay	1826	76	1902
		Felix Letrou	1828	74	1902

2	Amherst	Caroline Amherst			1816	id: PPLCarAmherst	329628	1187	1	Wife of W.K.Amherst; former magistrate in Bengal; and mother of William Amherst.

3	Amiguet	Suzanne Pauline Amiguet	1807	71	1878	id: PPLAmiguet	329596	1273	1
		Georges Amiguet	1834	56	1890
		Rose Amiguet	1834	66	1900
		Jeanne Gabrielle Gilbert	1828	69	1897
		Anne Jobard	1801	78	1879

4	Boudet	Jean Baptiste Pierre Boudet	1748	80	1828	id: PPLBoudetJBP	329640	1190	1	Pharmacist to Napol�on's armies Germany and Egypt. During an outbreak of the plague in 1800 in Cairo; he showed great courage; and was subsequently appointed Chief Pharmacist to the army.

5	Browne	Andrew Browne	1777	71	1848	id: PPLAndBrowne1 (2 images)	329610	1380	1	From 'Ireland and medicine in the 17th and 18th centuries' by F.Clark and J.Kelly: One long-serving surgeon perversely retired to Paris; where he died in 1848. This was Andrew Browne; probably a surgeon's son from Ballinrobe; County Mayo; who entered the army in 1795 and left in 1830 with the high rank of Deputy Inspector General of Hospitals. Although childless; he used his considerable fortune of �20; 000 to launch a prominent Ulster dynasty: the Montague Brownes of Janeville; St John's Point; Ardglass; County Down. Browne almost certainly obtained a captaincy in the army for his much younger brother; Peter; then left more than half of his wealth to Peter's soldier son; another Andrew. The family was connected to the Montagues of Cowdray in Sussex.

6	Cailliez	Am�lie Cailliez	1826	13	1839	id: PPLCailleSP	329613	1246	1
		Nicolas Charles Cailliez	1784	87	1871
		Virginie Gertrude Cailliez	1797	53	1850
		Marc Roulin	1912	73	1985
		Adrienne Louise Saint Pierre	1859	61	1920
		Agla� Josephine Saint Pierre	1827	81	1908
		Charlotte Saint Pierre	1881	74	1955
		Fran�ois Pierre Auguste Saint Pierre	1815	77	1892
		Gaston Saint Pierre	1939	44	1983
		Marcel Gabriel Maurice Saint Pierre	1897	7	1904
		Octave Saint Pierre	1864	71	1935
		Ren� Saint Pierre	1913	74	1987

7	Carue	Pierre Charles Carue	1838	26	1864	id: PPLCarue	329598	1227	1	Born in Abbeville
		Eulalie Carue	1841	73	1914					Wife of Philippe Carue
		Georges Philippe F�lix Carue	1897	17	1914
		Philippe Georges Carue	1861	56	1917					Commander of the 34th Infantry Regt. Killed in action
		Philippe Jean Baptiste Carue	1837	66	1903					Officer of several Orders
		Georgette Kerouault	1898	36	1934					Wife of J.Kerouault
		Marie Seurre-Bousquet	1808	72	1880

8	Cavare	Marie Henriette Cavare	1811	28	1839	id: PPLPiNeFa	329615	1350	1
		Mary Farrell	1866	78	1944
		Germaine Needham	1840	49	1889

9	Chevet	Louise Marguerite Chevet	1771	61	1832	id: PPLChevet	329636	1171	1
		Germain Charles Chevet	1771	61	1832

10	Cleray	Eug�ne Cleray	1828	54	1882	id: PPLCleray	329604	1174	1	Radical republican politician; member of the Commune during the 1870-1871 uprising; assistant mayor of the 3e arrondissement of Paris during the siege of 1870. The great French politican Gambetta was present at his burial.
		(widow) Cleray	1834	80	1914

11	Cochrane	Basil Cochrane	1753	73	1826	id: PPLBasCochrane	329634	1247	1	From 'The Scottish Nation; by William Anderson; published 1863: The Hon. Basil Cochrane; the sixth son [of the 8th Earl of Dundonald]; was placed on the Madras civil establishment in 1769; and on his return to Britain in May 1807 he purchased the barony of Auchterarder in Perthshire. He published the following works; �An Improvement in the Mode of Administering the Vapour Bath; and in the Apparatus connected with it; with Plans and Estimates of fixed and Portable Baths; for Hospitals and Private Houses; and some Practical Suggestions on the Efficacy of Vapour in Application to Various Diseases in the Human Frame; and as it may be beneficial to the Veterinary Art of Medicine.� He married Caroline Gosling.

12	Curmer	Curmer			1846	id: PPLCurmer	329616	1228	1
		Cormelie Curmer	1801	66	1867

13	Daignas	Charles Daignas	1866	77	1943	id: PPLDaignas1 (2 images)	329601	1220	1
		Lerio Patikarus	1855	35	1890
		Carlotta Daignas	1874	72	1946

14	de Balaschoff	Alexandrine de Balaschoff	1822	58	1880	id: PPLBalaschoff	329581	1232	1
		Pierre Alexnadrowitch de Balaschoff	1846	54	1900					A patron of the earliest aviators; he sponsored a number of balloon expeditions and participated in one of them in 1891. He was descended from a renowned Russian noble family; one of whom was ADC to the Tsar Alexander 1st; and sent to negotiate with Napol�on before the retreat of Berseina.

15	de Domecq	Louis Bertrand de Domecq			1840	id: PPLLouisDomecq	329612	1220	1

16	de F�lix	Jean Baptiste Louis Philippe de F�lix	1755	65	1820	id: PPLF�lixduMuy	329653	1131	1	Born the comte de Sainte-Maime; by the age of 19 he was already colonel of an infantry regiment. He served with the French forces in the American War of Independence; including the siege of Yorktown in 1781. In the same year he became known as the comte de Muy. Following the American campaign; he held republican views and embraced the French revolutionary cause; and was promoted to lieutenant-general in 1792. He served in Brittany; the Pyrenees; and the Alps; before being named commander of French forces in India; an order which was cancelled at the last moment when he was asked to take command of an army in the south of France. He continued to serve extensively in France; Germany and Egypt; and in 1806 he was appointed governor-general of Silesia. In 1808 Napol�on appointed him a baron of the empire; and he later sought to rally to Napol�on during 'the Hundred Days'; but Napol�on declined his offer. Louis XVIII nonetheless honoured him at the restoration; and he ended his career as an esteemed and patriotic politician.

17	de la Cerda y Palafox	Manuel Maria de la Cerda y Palafox	1800	38	1838	id: PPLPalafox	329632	1150	1	Son of Jos� Antonio Pedro de la Cerda; conde de Parcent; and Maria Ramona de Palafox y Portacarrero. Maria's brother was the conde de Montijo; the father of the future Empress Eug�nie who was the wife of the French Emperor Napol�on III; nephew of Napol�on I. Manuel was thus the first cousin of the future Empress.

18	de M�nard	Jean Fran�ois Xavier de M�nard	1756	75	1831	id: PPLJFXM�nard	329652	1128	1	M�nard first served in a local regiment in the south of France from 1775-1777. He then served in the Durch army in 1782. In 1790 he was elected as administrator of his home region; and a member of the French Parliament; and in 1792 he was appointed captain of the 78th infantry regiment. He served initially in northern and western France; and as commander of the Paris Arsenal; then in Italy; and was appointed Prefect of the Manche d�partement in 1801. The following year he served in Guadeloupe; and then returned to France; before serving under Lefebvre on the German and Polish fronts. He continued to serve in Germany until 1809; when he transferred to the Iberian campaign and was wounded. In 1813 he returned to Germany; and fought at the battle of Leipzig. He rallied to Napol�on during 'the Hundred Days' but was promoted to the honorary rank of lieutenant-general by Louis XVIII.

19	de Rohan-Chabot	Elizabeth de Rohan-Chabot	1756	89	1845	id: PPLSmythChabot	329637	1437	1	Elizabeth Smyth was the daughter of James Smyth of Tinny Park; County Wicklow in Ireland; and the sister of Sir Skeffington Smyth Bt MP. She was the 2nd wife of Charles-Rosalie de Rohan-Chabot; Comte de Jarnac and Vicomte de Chabot. They had two wedding ceremonies; in Ireland in 1776; and in the ch�teau at Jarnac in 1777. His father was responsible fot the imprisonment of Voltaire in the Bastille.
		Adrien Jules de Lasteyrie du Saillant	1810	73	1883					Adrien de La Steyrie married Olivia de Rohan-Chabot; daughter of Louis de Rohan-Chabot. Adrien was a grandson of the famous French hero; the Marquis de Lafayette. He opposed the future emperor Napol�on III and was a fervent supporter of King Louis-Philippe. He was elected senator for life in 1875 after the fall of Napol�on III.
		Louis Guy Charles Guillaume de Rohan-Chabot	1780	95	1875					Vicomte Chabot was a major-general of the French army. He married Lady Isabella Fitzgerald; the daughter of the 2nd Duke of Leinster. In 1842 he inherited estates in Tipperary in Ireland from his cousin; Lady Elizabeth Mathew; which he sold in 1859.

no.	family surname	full name	birth year	age	burial year	image name	GPR ref.	view no.	request no.	notes

20	de Valdes	(widow) de Valdes	1813	59	1872	id: PPLValSimon	329588	1220	1
		Carmen L�on Simon	1845	36	1881
		Marie Clothilde Isabelle L�on Simon	1881	1	1882
		Marie Th�r�se L�on Simon	1874	23	1897					She died in the catastrophic fire of the 'Bazar de la Charit� in 1897; which killed 129 people; almost exclusively women who were members of the most exclusive social circles. Amongst the victims were members of royalty. The Bazar was a centralised charitable auction house.

21	de Vernety	Ernestine Hyacinthe de Vernety	1796	53	1849	id: PPLDeBruno	329641	1312	1	Born in St Germain en Laye
		Adrien Fran�ois de Bruno	1771	90	1861					Born in Pondichery in the French colonies of India; his father was the presentor of ambassadors to the brother of Louis XVI. De Bruno joined the army in 1793; and distinguished himself in the Italian campaigns. In 1806 he became the ADC to Louis Bonaparte; brother of the emperor; and king of Holland. In 1810 he was appointed general in the French army; and distinguished himself again at the battle of Borodino. Taken prisoner at the battle of Dresden; Napol�on reproached him for his inattention. He remained a prisoner of war from 1813-1814. He rallied to Napol�on during 'the Hundred Days'; but continued in regional command posts during the Bourbon restoration after Waterloo.
		Hyacinthe Agn�s Fernande de Bruno	1775	91	1866					Wife of Baron de Bruno. Daughter of Hubert de Folard and Agn�s de Mantica
		Charles Fran�ois Sylvain Paris	1781	70	1851					Son of Claude-Sylvain Paris; Mayor of Nantes 1801-1803. Husband of Marie Louise Adela�de de Vernety; and father-in-law of General Ebl�.

22	Decr�s	Denis Decr�s	1761	59	1820	id: PPLDenisDecres1 (3 images)	329656	1300	1	Born into a family with a strong naval tradition; he joined the French navy in 1781 and participated in the Battle of Saintes in the American War of Independence. At the outbreak of the revolution he was sent to the Indian Ocean with the French fleet; but in 1794 he was ordered to return to France where he was promoted to captain; only then to be arrested for his noble descent. In 1796; he participated in the failed French invasion of Ireland; and then joined the Egyptian expedition; leading the capture of Malta and participating in the battle of Aboukir. Napol�on then appointed him maritime prefect of Lorient; and then from 1801-1814 minister for the navy and the colonies. He was repsonsible for sending the French fleet to Trafalgar. In 1815 he resumed his ministerial position during 'the Hundred Days'; but withdrew from public life under the restored monarchy. He was murdered by one of his own servants who set fire to his house in attempted robbery.

23	Deny	Louis Deny	1818	66	1884	id: PPLDeny	329582	1213	1	Engineer.
		Emile Deny			1873					Engineer. Drowned in the sinking of the steamer; 'La Ville du Havre'; 22nd November 1873
		Pauline Deny	1734	74	1808					Widow of Louis Deny

24	Drake y Spencer	Santiago Drake y Spencer	1765	73	1838	id: PPLDrakeSpen	329623	1190	1	English first names William James (Santiago). Born in England; reputedly in Axminster; Devon. Son of an English plantation owner in Cuba; William Drake; and Mary Spence. They owned 'Saratoga' plantation; reputed to be one of the finest on the island. Married Carlota Maxima des Rosario Nunez del Castillo y Perez de Abreu. Two sons of William and Carlotta used their fortunes to settle in France and Paris. In 1865; Drake and Co were marketing what appears to have been a 'hangover' cure in the USA made on their plantation.
		Carlota de Corneliessen	1808	30	1838					Daughter of James Drake of Axminster; Devon and Carlota Maxima des Rosario Nunez del Castillo y Perez de Abreu; born in Havana. Married the Belgian Comte Robert de Corneliessen. Her younger sister married her husband after her death; and another younger sister married a younger brother of the Comte de Corneliessen.

25	Durand-Fornas	Aim� Prosper F�lix Durand-Fornas	1816	50	1866	id: PPLDurFor1 (3 images)	329590	1207	1	Magistrate
		Carmen Bezard-Falgas	1906	38	1944
		Marthe Marguerite Andrea Durand-Fornas	1832	40	1872

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