René-Gaston Baco de la Chapelle
René-Gaston Baco de La Chapelle (28 April 1751, Nantes – 29 November 1800, Guadeloupe) was a French lawyer and politician, deputy for Loire-Inférieure from 1789 to 1791 and mayor of Nantes in 1792–1793, making him notable for his actions during the Vendéen attack of June 1793.
Life[]
Honours[]
- A marble bust of himself, made by Amédée Ménard is next to the Nantes City Hall
See also[]
- The French Revolution by Jules Michelet
- Pierre-Mathurin Gillet
- War in the Vendée
- Mayor of Nantes
Bibliography[]
- Alexandre Perthuis and Stéphane de La Nicollière-Teijeiro, Le Livre doré de l’hôtel-de-ville de Nantes, Volume II, Imprimerie Grinsard, 1873, pages 32–35. (English:* Alexandre Perthuis and Stéphane de La Nicolliere-Teijeiro, The Golden Book of the City Hall of Nantes, Volume II, Imprimerie Grinsard, 1873, pages 32–35.)
Categories:
- 1751 births
- 1800 deaths
- People from Nantes
- Members of the National Constituent Assembly
- Members of the Council of Five Hundred
- Mayors of Nantes
- Pays de la Loire politician stubs