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SUFFREN DE SAINT-TROPEZ, sụ′fräN′ de săN trō̇′pā̇′, Pierre André de (1726-88). A French naval hero, born at Saint-Cannat, near Lambesc. He was captured by Hawke in 1747 and after his exchange served for years with the Knights Hospitalers of Malta. From 1767 to 1771 he was again in the service of Malta. He was created Baillie in the order of the Knights, and was thereafter popularly known as the Baillie de Suffren. In 1772 he was commissioned captain in the French Navy. His most noteworthy services were rendered at the very close of his career, against the English, in the Indian Ocean, where he went in command of a squadron in 1781.