René-Gaston Baco de la Chapelle

Anonymous portrait of de la Chapelle c 1793

René-Gaston Baco de La Chapelle (28 April 1751, Nantes - 29 November 1800, Guadeloupe) was a French lawyer and politician, deputy for Loire-Inférieure from 1789 to 1791 and mayor of Nantes in 1792-1793, making him notable for his actions during the Vendéen attack of June 1793.

Bibliography

• Alexandre Perthuis and Stéphane de La Nicollière-Teijeiro, Le Livre doré de l’hôtel-de-ville de Nantes, Volume II, Imprimerie Grinsard, 1873, pages 32–35.