Captain André d'Urtubie.
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Origins and family.
André d'Urtubie, born June 1, 1707 in Urrugne, is the son of Henri d'Urtubie (1669 - 1731) and Jeanne de Laborde. His father, whose names and titles are Henri de Gamboa of Alzaté, knight, viscount of Urtubie was himself a captain of the king and commands the navy of Bayonne.
Career.
André d'Urtubie enlisted as a naval officer on July 23, 1724. He became a lieutenant on May 1, 1741, then captain on April 1, 1748. He joined the rank of squadron leader on October 1, 1764.
In 1757, he was present at Louisbourg, on Île Royale, as commander of the Dauphin Royal, in the important naval concentration to defend the place. He then took part in the battle of the Cardinals on the same ship, November 20, 1759, in the white squadron commanded by Joseph-Marie Budes de Guébriant. Fleeing the battlefield after the engagement that saw the destruction of the rear guard, he manages to escape to Rochefort.