Claude Céberet du Boullay

Claude Céberet du Boullay
French soldiers in Siam, 17th century Siamese painting.

Claude Céberet du Boullay (1647–1702) was a 17th century French diplomat who participated in the La Loubère-Céberet embassy as "envoy extraordinary" to the kingdom of Siam (modern Thailand) in 1687. He was co-representative of the mission with the diplomat Simon de la Loubère.

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Mission to Siam

In 1685, Céberet became one of the 12 Directors of the French East India Company. During the 1687 embassy to Siam, Céberet was put in charge of the commercial interests of France, and particularly those of the French East India Company.[1] Céberet left from Brest with the embassy for Siam on March 1, 1687. The embassy sailed on board the warships L'oiseau (46 guns), Le Gaillard (52 guns), La Loire (24 guns), La Normande and Le Dromadaire.[2]

The embassy arrived in Thailand in September and October 1687. An interview with the Siamese king Narai occurred on November 2, 1687. The mission achieved little more than the confirmation of the 1685 commercial treaty obtained by the Chevalier de Chaumont. It also seems that Father Tachard considerably interfered with the mission so as to render it useless.[3] There were some important results on the military plane however, as the troops which had arrived with the mission occupied the cities of Bangkok and Mergui.[4]

Return to France

In December 1687, Céberet left again for France first by going overland from Ayutthaya to the harbour of Mergui.[5] He left on January 4, 1688, on the ship President for Pondicherry, which he reached on January 25.[6]

While in Pondicherry, Céberet ordered the Governor of Pondicherry François Martin to send his son-in-law André Deslandes to found Company trade counters in the Bengal region. Deslandes left Pondicherry on August 30, 1688, and would found the counters of Balassor and Cassimbazar in 1689.

Back in France, after being intendant in Lorient, Céberet became intendant of Dunkirk. Claude Céberet died on September 18, 1702, and was buried in Dunkirk.

See also

  • France-Thailand relations

Notes

  1. ^ Smithies, p.10
  2. ^ Narrative of a Residence at the Capital of the Kingdom of Siam By Frederick Arthur Neale, Page 214 [1]
  3. ^ Smithies, p.103
  4. ^ Smithies, p.25
  5. ^ The Malay Peninsula: Crossroads of the Maritime Silk Road, By Michel Jacq-Hergoualc'h, Victoria Hobson, Page 33 [2]
  6. ^ The Malay Peninsula: Crossroads of the Maritime Silk Road By Michel Jacq-Hergoualc'h, Victoria Hobson, Page 56 [3]

Works

  • Céberet, Claude Journal du Voyage de Siam

References

  • Smithies, Michael Three military accounts of the 1688 revolution in Siam, Orchid Press, Bangkok, 2002, ISBN 9745240052

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