Louis-Auguste-Augustin d'Affry

[1] At the start of the French Revolution, d'Affry's failing health prevented him from involvement when the Swiss Guard was employed during the disturbances preceding the Storming of the Bastille on 14 July 1789.

[1] After Louis XVI's flight to Varennes in June 1791, he was appointed military governor of Paris and took an oath of allegiance to the National Constituent Assembly.

[1] Refusing to compromise his troops in counter-revolutionary activity, d'Affry endeavored to maintain the Swiss military presence in France while keeping it neutral in political affairs.

[1] Due to age and weak health, d'Affry was again unable to command the Swiss Guards defending the Tuileries Palace during the Insurrection of 10 August 1792,[5] although he signed the order summoning the regiment from its barracks the previous night.

[1] After his release, he briefly resumed his former duties in order to handle the dismissal of the remaining Swiss mercenary regiments,[a] following their dissolution by the new French Republican government.