Bache-Elzéar-Alexandre d'Arbaud de Jouques

Bache-Elzéar-Alexandre d'Arbaud de Jouques (1720-1793) was a French aristocrat and public official. He served as the governor of Guadeloupe from 1775 to 1782.

Biography

Early life Bache-Elzéar-Alexandre d'Arbaud de Jouques was born in 1720 in Aix-en-Provence. His father was André-Elzéard d'Arbaud de Jouques (1676-1744) and his mother, Anne de Citrany. He had three brothers: Jean-Joseph-Augustin d'Arbaud de Jouques, Gaspard d'Arbaud de Jouques, and François-Casimir d'Arbaud de Jouques. They grew up in the Hôtel d'Arbaud-Jouques, a hôtel particulier on the Cours Mirabeau in Aix-en-Provence. His nephew, the son of Jean-Joseph-Augustin d'Arbaud de Jouques, was André-Elzéard d'Arbaud de Jouques II (1737-1793).

He became Commander in the Order of Saint Louis in 1785 and received 3,000 French livres as a result.

He was jailed in Aix-en-Provence for sedition in 1793, one month before his death.

Personal life In 1778, he married his niece Françoise-Gabrielle de Bonnet-Costefrède, widow of Mr de Laugier-Saint-André. They had no children and he had no heirs.

He died on November 26, 1793, in Aix-en-Provence.