Complete name : Comte Jean-Baptiste de Turpin de Jouhé du Breuil-Malmaud (SAR Ancestor) coat of arms : "three gold besants on azure background" Jean-Baptiste Turpin du Breuil[Note 1] Saint-Martin-de Juillers (into his seigneurial family house "Le Breuil-Malmaud"), 21 September 1734—Les Saintes, 18 April 1783) was a French Navy officer.
[7] Turpin married Marie Elisabeth GERMAIN DU PATY at Saint-Pierre, Martinique.
[3] The year after, he captained the 60-gun Fier,[8] part of the First Division of the Blue squadron in the fleet under Orvilliers.
[11] On 16 August 1779, Fier was damaged in a gale, losing her mainmast, her mizzen and her fore-topmast, and had to anchor at Martinique to effect repairs.
On 25 August 1782, he commanded the Gardes-Marine in Rochefort, putting him in charge of the training of student officers there.