Jean-Baptiste Tricquenot (Sézanne, 25 May 1771 – Auxonne, 1823)
Son of a landowner, he joined the French army as a cannoneer 1st class on 1 September 1792 and was promoted to corporal on 27 April 1793, quartermaster on the 26 August, sergeant-major on 5 September, and finally lieutenant 2nd class on 12 June 1794. He passed to the Cisalpine artillery with the rank of division major on 26 October 1797, skipping three ranks. He was then promoted to battalion chief on 20 October 1801 and to colonel on 22 October 1804. He was employed as chief of staff to Calori, then as subdirector at Milan, then as director in Dalmatia. He took part in the Armée des Alpes campaigns in 1794-95, then in the Armée d’Italie in 1796-97. In 1799 he was at the siege of Ferrara, then in 1800 with the Armée de Réserve. From 1806 to 1808 he was in Dalmatia, in 1809 with the Grande Armée, in 1810 in Istria. In 1813-1814 he took part in the siege of Venice, then went back to French service and fought in 1815 in the Armée du Nord. He was made a member of the Legion of Honour on 14 August 1809 and became an officer on 20 August 1824 (cf. MSA, WO 118, 1920, AN, LH/2631/23).