Tourville, Anne Hilarion de Cotentin, comte de Tourville (1642–1701)

French admiral and Marshal of France. He first distinguished himself in the battle of Palermo against the combined fleets of the Dutch and Spaniards (1676). His most famous victory was won in 1690 off Beachy Head in the English Channel, when he defeated Dutch and British fleets commanded by Admiral George Byng. On 19 May 1692, the British and Dutch avenged themselves, defeating Tourville off the Normandy coast at the Battle of La Hogue.