replace him. Working with the newly arrived commissaire-ordonnateur, Edmé Gatien Salmon, Perier reorganized the governing council to remove the Company's representatives. However, the new council suffered from competing military and civilian concerns, and Perier's efforts to remove two critical councilors later contributed to the decision to remove him as governor. In 1733, Perier was recalled to France to answer for his handling of the Natchez revolt, and former Louisiana governor Bienville was appointed to replace him. Return to the navy (1733–1766) After his recall, Perier and his family returned to France, and by 1734 he returned to sea as second officer on the Neptune, cruising off the coast of Senegal. By 1737 he had settled in Brest, and made a career in the French Navy. During the War of the Austrian Succession, he commanded the Mars during the capture of HMS Northumberland in 1744 and participated in the failed Duc d'Anville expedition of 1746. He later commanded a squadron of four warships and two frigates in the Caribbean during the Seven Years' War. In 1757, he was promoted to Lieutenant général des Armées navales. At the end of his career, on August 23, 1765, Perier was awarded the Grand-Croix of the Order of Saint Louis. At the time, only two Grand-Croix were allocated to the Ministry of the Navy. He was first inducted into the Order as a chevalier in 1727 after being named governor of Louisiana and elevated to commandeur in 1755. Perier died due to anasarca on April 1, 1766, at his daughter's home, in Saint-Martin-des-Champs, France. Personal life Étienne Perier married Catherine le Chibelier (1691–1956), daughter of an échevin (municipal official) from Le Havre and the widow of naval officer Jacques Graton de Chambellan, on September 21, 1719. They had three sons and a daughter. Two of the sons, Étienne Louis (1720–1756) and Antoine Louis (1728–1759), lived to adulthood and followed their father's footsteps into military service. Legacy In 1890, the city of New Orleans named a street after Perier, although with the spelling "Perrier." Perrier Street runs mostly through the Uptown section of the city, between Saint Charles Avenue and the Mississippi River. Notes References Further reading Governors of Louisiana (New France) 1687 births 1766 deaths French privateers French slave owners French Navy officers Grand Crosses of the Order of Saint Louis People from Dunkirk