Jean Ernest Ducos de La Hitte , Viscount, was born on 5 September 1789 in Bessières ( Haute-Garonne ), and died on 22 September 1878 in Gragnague ( Haute-Garonne ). He was a French major general, Senator, Foreign Minister, and the implementer of the La Hitte system of rifled guns in 1858.
4-862: Ducos may refer to: People with the surname [ edit ] Jean-Ernest Ducos de La Hitte , French nobleman Jean-François Ducos (1765–1793), French politician Juan García Ducós , Puerto Rican politician and senator Louis Arthur Ducos du Hauron (1837–1920), French pioneer of color photography Maurice Ducos (born 1904), French swimmer Roger Ducos , French political figure Théodore Ducos (1801–1855), French politician and shipowner Zoe Ducós (1928–2002), Argentinian actress Places [ edit ] Canton of Ducos , Martinique Ducos, Martinique Ducos Peninsula [ fr ] , New Caledonia Other [ edit ] Pierre Ducos, character in Sharpe Topics referred to by
8-569: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Jean-Ernest Ducos de La Hitte He entered the Ecole Polytechnique in 1807. He fought in Spain as an artillery lieutenant, in the campaigns of 1810, 1811, 1812, 1813 and 1814. He was in particular noticed at the siege of Cadiz . He became Brigadier general on 22 February 1829, at 39 years of age. One year after (1830), he commanded
12-625: The artillery in Africa during the capture of Algiers . He was President of the Artillery committee during the Revolution of 1848 . He became Minister for Foreign Affairs from November 1849 until 9 January 1851. He created the La Hitte system of rifled muzzle-loading guns in 1858: "It would be unjust to omit on this occasion the name of General La Hitte, who at once took upon himself
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