François Hector d'Albert de Rions

François Hector d’Albert, comte de Rioms or Rions (19 February 1728, Avignon - 2 October 1802, Saint-Auban-sur-l'Ouvèze) was a French aristocrat and naval officer. One of the main French naval commanders during the American Revolutionary War, his final rank was contre-amiral, which he held from 1 January 1792. He was second-in-command of the French émigré naval forces under Charles Jean d'Hector.

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