French naval officer.

Chevalier de St. Louis and capitaine des vaisseaux (1756). Created comte des Roches- Baritaud (1759).

Son of Claude and Renée (Hardouineau) de Beauharnais de Beaumont. Married Marie- Anne-Françoise Mouchard (1753). Father of Claude, chevalier de Beauharnais. Uncle of Josephine, empress of France. Name also spelled “Beauharnois.”