Jean-Baptiste-François Bompart

Born| 1757
Lorient
Died| 1842 (aged 84-85)
Bagnols-sur-Cèze
Allegiance|  Kingdom of France
French First Republic
Service / branch|  French Navy
Rank| Vice Admiral
Commands| Embuscade, Expédition d'Irlande
Battles / wars|

* American Revolutionary War
* French Revolutionary Wars
* Action of 31 July 1793
* Battle of Tory Island

Jean-Baptiste-François Bompart (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ batist fʁɑ̃swa bɔ̃paʁ]; 1757 – 1842) was a French Navy officer and privateer. He was related to the noted Admiral Maximin de Bompart.

He took part in the American War of Independence as a young officer.

He later captained the Embuscade. She encountered and fought HMS Boston off New Jersey at the action of 31 July 1793.

Promoted to admiral, he commanded the Expédition d'Irlande and was later defeated at the Battle of Tory Island.

He retired in 1801 over political disputes.

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* Les Noms qui ont fait l'histoire de Bretagne, Coop Breizh et Institut culturel de Bretagne, 1997, notice de Paul Coat.

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Irish Rebellion of 1798

Background|

* Society of United Irishmen
* American Revolution
* French Revolution
* Penal Laws
* Protestant Ascendancy
* Napoleon's planned invasion of the United Kingdom
* Defenders

State founded|

* Irish Republic

Irish leaders|

* James Corcoran
* Michael Dwyer
* Robert Emmet
* Lord Edward FitzGerald
* Joseph Holt
* Henry Joy McCracken
* John Moore
* John Murphy
* Wolfe Tone

French leaders|

* Jean Joseph Amable Humbert
* Jean-Baptiste-François Bompart
* Henry O'Keane

British leaders|

* George Warde
* Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis
* Gerard Lake, 1st Viscount Lake
* Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh
* John Borlase Warren

Military action|

* French expedition to Ireland (1796)
* Wexford Rebellion
* Cornwallis in Ireland

Battles|

* Ballymore-Eustace
* Naas
* Rathangan
* Prosperous
* Kilcullen
* Carlow
* Harrow
* Tara Hill
* Oulart Hill
* Enniscorthy
* Newtownmountkennedy
* Three Rocks
* Bunclody
* Tubberneering
* New Ross
* Antrim
* Arklow
* Saintfield
* Ballynahinch
* Ovidstown
* Big Cross
* Foulksmills
* Vinegar Hill
* Ballyellis
* Clonard
* Castlebar
* Collooney
* Ballinamuck
* Killala
* Tory Island

Executions|

* Carnew executions
* Dunlavin Green executions
* Gibbet Rath executions
* Scullabogue Barn massacre

Aftermath|

* United Irish Uprising in Newfoundland
* Act of Union 1800
* Irish rebellion of 1803
* Ribbonism

In popular culture|

* Boolavogue (song)
* The Boys of Wexford
* Croppies Lie Down
* The Croppy Boy
* Dunlavin Green
* Come All You Warriors
* Jimmy Murphy (song)
* John Kelly of Killanne
* The Minstrel Boy
* The Rising of the Moon
* The Sean-Bhean bhocht
* Tone's Grave
* The Wearing of the Green
* The Wind That Shakes the Barley
* Memorials

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