François Joseph Paul de Grasse, French admiral (born 1722)

François Joseph Paul de Grasse

French Navy officer and nobleman (1722–1788)

François Joseph Paul, Comte de Grasse, Marquis of Grasse-Tilly, KM was a French Navy officer. He is best known for his crucial victory over the Royal Navy at the Battle of the Chesapeake in 1781 during the American Revolutionary War. The battle directly led to the…