On May 9, 1847, the Duke of Montebello replaced Admiral Baron de Mackau as Minister of Marine and Colonies in the Guizot ministry.
Baron | René Descartes | William Cecil, 1st Baron Burghley | baron | Sacha Baron Cohen | Joseph Lister, 1st Baron Lister | Joey Baron | Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell | René Char | Henry Brougham, 1st Baron Brougham and Vaux | René Magritte | Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester | François-René de Chateaubriand | René Goscinny | Leon René | René Jacobs | Rene Daalder | William Wallace, Baron Wallace of Saltaire | William Tyssen-Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst of Hackney | Rene Russo | James Mackay, Baron Mackay of Clashfern | Hercules Robinson, 1st Baron Rosmead | George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney | Beechcraft Baron | Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley | Thomas Denman, 1st Baron Denman | Stuart Rendel, 1st Baron Rendel | René Lévesque | Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank | John Moore-Brabazon, 1st Baron Brabazon of Tara |
Descendant of an ancient family of Ireland who followed King James II to France and grandson of the deputy governess of the sisters of Louis XVI, Ange de Mackau was raised in the same institution as Jérôme Bonaparte, Napoleon's youngest brother, and entered the navy as a novice at 17.
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On 26 May 1811, returning from a mission to Corsica, Abeille encountered HMS Alacrity off Bastia and attacked the larger brig without hesitation.
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After nearly a year, he received orders permitting him the widest latitude and left Martinique with five vessels and the consul, arriving unexpected at Cartagena, forcing the Boca Chica, and placing himself in a position to capture the forts guarding the sole entrance to the port.
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The next year, he returned to Toulon with every ship-of-the-line in his squadron unharmed and a great quantity of supplies drawn from Livorno and Genoa.