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Linois, (Admiral)
Was a Lieutenant in the Royal Navy during the American War. In 1789 emigrated to Italy; then to Spain the next year. Returned to France in 1791 and promoted to Captain in 1792. Bonaparte made him an Admiral in 1800. In command of a sanctioned fleet of privateers operating out of Ile de France. Tried to have Flinders sent to France to gain his liberation. His log is in the manuscript collection of the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich.

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