the name of the Bulletin de la Convention Nationale. In the National Convention Kersaint was sent as a deputy to the Convention by the département of Seine-et-Oise in September 1792, and, on 1 January 1793, was appointed vice-admiral. He continued to devote himself to questions concerning the navy and national defense, prepared a report on the British political system and the navy, and caused a decree to be passed for the formation of a committee of general defense, which after many modifications was to become the Committee of Public Safety. In January 1793, he had also had a decree passed concerning the navy. He had, however, entered the ranks of the Girondins, and had voted in the trial of the Louis XVI against the death penalty and in favor of the appeal to the people. He resigned his seat in the Convention on 20 January. Arrest and execution After the death of the king, his opposition became more marked; he denounced the September Massacres, but, when called upon to justify his attitude, confined himself to attacking Jean-Paul Marat, who had risen to immense popularity. Kersaint's friends attempted to obtain his appointment as Minister of the Marine - he failed to obtain even a post as officer. He was arrested on 23 September at Ville d'Avray, near Paris, and taken before the Revolutionary Tribunal, where he was accused of having conspired for the restoration of the Bourbon Monarchy, and of having insulted national representation by resigning his position in the Convention. Kersaint was arrested on 2 October 1793, sentenced to death on 4 December, and guillotined that very day. Family Kersaint's brothers, Guy-Pierre (1747–1822) and Joseph Coëtnempren de Kersaint (1746—1797), also served in the French Navy and took part in the American Revolutionary War. Notes, citations, and references Notes Citations References Kersaint, Armand-Guy-Simon de Coetnempren, comte de Kersaint, Armand-Guy-Simon de Coetnempren, comte de Kersaint, Armand-Guy-Simon de Coetnempren, comte de Kersaint, Armand-Guy-Simon de Coetnempren, comte de Coetnempren, Armand-Guy-Simon de Kersaint, Armand-Guy-Simon de Coetnempren, comte de Kersaint, Armand-Guy-Simon de Coetnempren, comte de Kersaint, Armand-Guy-Simon de Coetnempren, comte de French male non-fiction writers Governors of Berbice Governors of Demerara