Background
Bache-Elzéar-Alexandre d'Arbaud de Jouques was born in 1720 in Aix-en-Provence. His father was André-Elzéard d'Arbaud de Jouques (1676-1744) and his mother, Anne de Citrany.
official commander governor of Guadeloupe
Bache-Elzéar-Alexandre d'Arbaud de Jouques was born in 1720 in Aix-en-Provence. His father was André-Elzéard d'Arbaud de Jouques (1676-1744) and his mother, Anne de Citrany.
He served as the Governor of Guadeloupe from 1775 to 1782. He had three brothers: Jean-Joseph-Augustin d'Arbaud de Jouques, Gaspard d'Arbaud de Jouques, and François-Casimir d'Arbaud de Jouques. They grew up in the Hôtel d'Arbaud-Jouques, a hôtel particulier on the Cours Mirabeau in Aix-en-Provence.
As a result, Joseph Charles André d'Arbaud de Jouques (1769–1849) was his great-nephew. He joined the French Navy in 1735, at the age of fifteen. He became an ensign in 1745, Lieutenant in 1754, Captain in 1762, Chef d'escadre in 1778, and Lieutenant general in 1782.
He served as Governor of Guadeloupe from 1775 to 1782. He became Commander in the Order of Saint Louis in 1785 and received 3,000 French livres as a result. He was jailed in Aix-en-Provence for sedition in 1793, one month before his death.
Personal life
They had no children and he had no heirs. He died on November 26, 1793 in Aix-en-Provence.