Chevalier d Eon De Beaumont
Chevalier d’Eon De Beaumont was a crucial figure in diplomatic history. D’Eon wore many hats throughout his life- he was a diplomat, writer, spy, and Freemason, a member of the elite Dragoons and one of the best swordsmen of France. D’Eon was loyal to his king and served him vigorously, and was also crucial in helping the North American British colonies break away from Britain and form the United Sates of America. To prove how crucial d’Eon was to the late 18th and early 19th centuries, one must explore his entire life. By looking at all his accomplishments, d’Eon’s zealous and diplomatic life can be shown in all its glory. Charles-Geneviève-Louis-Auguste-André-Thimothée dEon de Beaumont was born in Tonnere, into a family of lawyers. His father, Louis d’Eon de Beaumont, was an attorney and Sub-Delegate of the Paris Intendancy . His mother, lady Françoise de Chavanson, was a noblewoman from an old and wealthy family . ... After graduating from college in 1749, he worked as the secretary of Monsieur de Sauvigny, administrator of the fiscal department of Paris. ... On the journey d’Eon served as a secretary of the Chevalier Douglas . ... Petersburg d’Eon traveled to see Elizabeth dressed as a woman, the female alias of Mademoiselle Lia de Beaumont, the traveling companion of a fur trader named Douglass . ... Along with his diplomatic craftiness, d’Eon managed to actually fight in the war. ... In addition to his battle career in the Seven Years War d’Eon also helped win the war by spy work. ... In 1763 “The little captain of dragoons who had just become the Chevalier dEon, with the right to wear the Cross of St. ... D’Eon fell into financial ruin due to his excessive spending. ... In October 1763, the King who feared that d’Eon would publish the Secret correspondences, which he possessed, recalled d’Eon to France. ... Guerchy D’Eon refused to follow orders to leave England until he was insured that he would get a large sum of money and remain as the King’s loyal servant . The fact that d’Eon would not come to France with the Secret Papers infuriated the King. ... He had good reason to be scared; Guerchy was hell bent on capturing and punishing d’Eon to the extent that Guerchy “sent over to London a henchman of the name of Goy, to organize arrangements for the abduction of the little dragoon” . Fearing his safety, d’Eon came under the “the protecting wing of the London mob” . Guerchy continued to chase and threaten d’Eon, but failed at obtaining d’Eon. In 1764, d’Eon published in Lettres, mémoires, et négociations particuliéres, secret diplomatic correspondence of ministers, ambassadors and others which made dEon famous . ... In order to appease d’Eon, so that further secrets would be released, Louis XV granted him an annual pension of 12,000 livres for the services he had rendered to the King in Russia, in the army and other commissions in 1766 . This sum of money kept d’Eon content for the time being. Guerchy was unpleased by this decision to give d’Eon money and continued to try and slander d’Eon.