Bugeand

Bugeand, Thomas (1781-1849),a French soldier, born at Limoges. He entered the army at nineteen years of age, and showed such bravery and talent that he obtained his colonelcy in 1814. The revolution of 1830 recalled him to public life, and he became deputy for Perigueux, and was sent to Algeria in 1836. He distinguished himself in the war against Abd-el-Kader, and was appointed Governor of Algeria in 1840, and made Marshal of France in 1843, and the next year he received the title of Duc d'Isly for a victory over the forces of the Emperor of Morocco. He commanded the army in Paris during the revolution of 1848, and died of cholera the year after.