Estate

Estate, CHARLES HECTOR THÉODAT, COMTE D', naval officer, was born in Auvergne in 1729, became brigadier in 1756, and afterwards served in the East Indies with Lally. In 1778, as vice-admiral, he sailed with sixteen vessels to co-operate with the colonists against the British. He captured St Vincent and Grenada in 1779, but his efforts on the mainland were uniformly unfortunate; and in 1780 he returned, severely wounded, to France, where he persuaded the ministry to send 6000 men to the colonists' aid. His loyalty to the royal family, and especially to the queen, outweighed his services to his country, and he was guillotined in Paris, 28th April 1794.