François-Antoine Lallemant
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Baron Charles François Antoine Lallemant (Lallemand/Lalemant) (23 June 1774 in Metz - 9 March 1839 in Paris) was Govenor of Corsica (1837-1838).
Joined cavalry around 1792 (French Revolution), by 1811 was a Baron of the Empire, Brigadier-Général, and also was the Legion of Honor Commandant. Prior to being commissioned by Napoléon to negotiate with Captain Maitland aboard HMS Bellerophon terms for Napoléon's surrender, Charles served in Spain, Hispaniola/Santo Domingo/Saint-Domingue, France, and Egypt. Off the port of Rochefort, Belgium, aboard the British Navy's third-rate Lallemant accompanied Napoléon to his formal cession. He would be denied, despite his entreaties—perhaps the anti-American Maitland thought it too dangerous, or thought Napoléon deserved no extra courtesies—to accompany the defeated emperor into exile. The stubbornness of the British may have been a blessing as his prison sentence to Malta was cut short by his escape after two months.
It's worth noting that impelling rebellion against Louis XVIII, a death sentence was given, in absentia. Lallemand would go to America after escape. Quite the equalitarian, he had already married a Creole bride in New York in 1804—Marie Charlotte Henriette Lartigue, or Caroline was sixteen year old. In Philadelphia, Lallemant served as president of the French Emigrant Association, and in this capacity obtained grants for townships in what is now Alabama. Possibly with a touch of international subterfuge, he maintained contact with Bonaparte, et al in the St. Helena prison camp. This apparently caused American, Spanish, and French officials a bit of excitement and the need to monitor the activities of him and his followers. Relationships established largely military, mining, and piratical.
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will continue incomplete entry... 1818 From Mexico's Galiviston, Texas, he would go to New Orleans and become a US Citizen.
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Henry (Henri-Dominique), Baron
