Goÿon du Vauronault, Joseph-Charles-René- Claude, chevalier de

French naval officer.

Ensign (1773), captain of fusiliers (1780), major (1786), and capitaine de vaisseau (1792) in the French navy. Served in the comte de Grasse’s squadron (1781) and was present at the Battle of Yorktown. Chevalier de Saint- Louis. Admitted to Society of the Cincinnati (c. 1787).