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Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Sartine, Antoine de
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Description area
Dates of existence
1729-1801
History
Antoine de Sartine (1729 – 1801) was born in Barcelona Spain, the son of French financier Antoine Sartine. He studied law in Paris. After graduation he purchased the commission of Criminal Lieutenant of Police and was subsequently ennobled. He was appointed Lieutenant General of Police in 1759. He proved to be a competent and effective city administrator. He earned the 1775 commission of Secretary of State for the Navy and the honorific rank of Minister of State. His influence put the French in a position to aid the American Revolutionaries against the British at the close of the Revolutionary War. It was during his tenure as head of the French Navy that Sartine ordered the creation of numerous updated nautical charts.