Jean Baptiste Camille Canclaux

Jean Baptiste Camille de Canclaux
Born2 August 1740
Paris
Died27 December 1817(1817-12-27) (aged 77)
Paris
Allegiance Kingdom of France
 Kingdom of the French
 French First Republic
 First French Empire
France Kingdom of France
Years of service1756–1800
RankGeneral of Division
CommandsArmy of the Coasts of Brest
Army of the West
Army of the Reserve, Second Line
Battles / wars
AwardsKnight of Saint-Louis, 1773
Other workMinistre plénipotentiaire to the court of Naples, 1796–97
Senator, 1800–14
Count of the Empire, 1808
Peer of France, 1815

Jean Baptiste Camille de Canclaux (French pronunciation: [ʒɑ̃ batist kamij kɑ̃klo]; 2 August 1740, in Paris – 27 December 1817, in Paris) was a French army commander during the French Revolution and a Peer of France. He joined a cavalry regiment the French Royal Army in 1756 and fought at Minden in the Seven Years' War. He attained the rank of maréchal de camp (brigadier general) in 1788 and lieutenant general in 1792. He commanded the Army of the Coasts of Brest from May until October 1793 fighting several actions during the War in the Vendée. Replaced for political reasons, he led the Army of the West in 1794–1795. He held interior posts during the rest of the French Revolutionary Wars and under the First French Empire of Napoleon.