François Claude Amour, marquis de Bouillé

François Claude Amour, marquis de Bouillé (November 19, 1739 – November 14, 1800) is a French general.

After distinguishing himself in the Seven Years' War, he is appointed governor of Guadeloupe in 1768.

His most well-known military exploits take place in the West Indies during the American War of Independence, where he is involved in the French capture of a number of British possessions

Following this war he returns to France, where he holds military commands in the country's northeast at the time of the French Revolution.

A committed Royalist, he is a leading conspirator involved in the royal family's failed flight in 1791, whose failure forces de Bouillé into exile.

He continues to be active in consultative roles to members of the First Coalition, which opposes the forces of Revolutionary France in the early years of the French Revolutionary War.

He dies in exile in London, and is mentioned as a hated Royalist in the French national anthem, La Marseillaise.

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