title: Vincent-Joseph-Marie de Proisy de Brison
text: # Vincent-Joseph-Marie de Proisy de Brison
  
  {{Infobox person/Wikidata | fetchwikidata=ALL |suppressfields=native_name}} Vincent-Joseph-Marie de Proisy de Brison (died 28 July 1779, in Brest) was a French Navy officer. He notably served during the War of American Independence.
  
  ## Biography
  
  Proisy was born to the family of Jeanne-Marie-Françoise de Héron and of Alphonse de Proisy. His older brother, La Salle Proisy, also served in the Navy. Proisy joined the Navy as a Garde-Marine on 26 November 1745.
  
  Proisy was promoted to Lieutenant on 17 April 1757. On 23 May 1758, he married Pélagie Gouyon. On 19 March 1763, he was made a Knight in the Order of Saint Louis.
  
  In 1765, he commanded the fluyt Forte, carrying wook from Pyrenees. In 1769, he commanded the 12-gun corvette Écureuil between Saint -Domingue and Brest. In 1770, he sailed her to Guadeloupe.
  
  Proisy was promoted to Captain on 24 March 1772. In 1778, Proisy captained the 64-gun Actionnaire, part of the White squadron under Orvilliers. He took part in the Battle of Ushant on 27 July 1778.
  
  Proisy retired from the Navy on 1 July 1779.
  
  ## Sources and references
  
  Notes
  
  * ↑ Also written "Proissy"
  
  Citations
  
  * ↑ La Chenaye Desbois (1776), p. 550.
  * 1 2 Troude (1867), p. 7.
  * 1 2 Lacour-Gayet (1905), p. 615-617.
  * 1 2 3 4 Goüyon, Mériadec. "des Rochettes". Retrieved 23 May 2020.
  * ↑ Goüyon & Boisnard (2007).
  * 1 2 3 4 5 Lacour-Gayet (1905), p. 624.
  * ↑ Roche (2005), p. 208.
  * 1 2 Archives nationales (2011), p. 170.
  * ↑ Archives nationales (2011), p. 181.
  * ↑ Archives nationales (2011), p. 183.
  * ↑ Chack (2001), p. 379.
  
  References
  
  * Chack, Paul (2001). Marins à bataille (in French). Vol. 1. Paris: Le Gerfaut. ISBN 9782901196921. OCLC 552986998.
  * Goüyon, Mériadec; Boisnard, Luc (2007). Les Gouyon Matignon : huit siècles d'histoire, leurs juveigneurs, leurs alliances et leurs demeures (in French). Mayenne, France: Éditions régionales de l'Ouest. ISBN 978-2-85554-128-0. OCLC 799734837.
  * La Chenaye Desbois, François Alexandre Aubert (1776). Dictionnaire de la noblesse ... de France (in French). Vol. 11. Antoine Boudet. OCLC 163129892.
  * Lacour-Gayet, Georges (1905). La marine militaire de la France sous le règne de Louis XVI. Paris: Honoré Champion. OCLC 763372623.
  * Roche, Jean-Michel (2005). Dictionnaire des bâtiments de la flotte de guerre française de Colbert à nos jours. Vol. 1. Group Retozel-Maury Millau. ISBN 978-2-9525917-0-6. OCLC 165892922. (1671-1870)
  * Taillemite, Étienne (1982). Dictionnaire des Marins français. Paris: Éditions maritimes et d'Outre-Mer. ISBN 9782707000316. OCLC 239744936.
  * Troude, Onésime-Joachim (1867). Batailles navales de la France (in French). Vol. 2. Challamel ainé. OCLC 836362484.
  
  External links
  
  * Archives nationales (2011). "Fonds Marine, sous-série B/4: Campagnes, 1571-1785" (PDF). Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  