Pierre-Joseph de Beauchamp

Pierre Joseph de Beauchamp (28 June 1752, Vesoul 18 November 1801, Nice) was a French diplomat, clergyman and astronomer.

He was made vicar general to his uncle Miroudot du Bourg, titular bishop of Baghdad and set out for Aleppo with him in 1781.

The following year he reached Baghdad with the French consul Jean-François Rousseau and the botanist André Michaux.

He left Alexandria on 13 February 1799, but his ship was captured by the Royal Navy en route.

de Beauchamp died soon after his eventual return to France upon the Treaty of Amiens.