The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-01-18
JAMES ACHlLLE De CARADEUC.
The Death of an Estimable and Accom-
plished Charlestonian.


plished Charlestonian.
Mr.. James Achille de Caradeuc. an old
and esteemed citizen of Charleston, whose
death occurred in that city last Monday.
had many friends in this city. The Morn
ing News had an announcement Of his
death the day after its occurrence. The
Charleston News and Courier of Jan. Is
thus speaks of him:
The death of Mr.. de Caradeuc removes
from familiar view an aged and respected
citizen. an accomplished gentleman and
a man of untarnished honor and integrity
His grandfather Gen. Jean Biptiste
de Caradeuc. Commander-in-chief of the
royal forces at the time of the instruction
in san Domingo, came with his son as a
refugee to South Carolina in 1884. and
purchased the plantation formerly the
property of Thomas Beresford. in St.
Thomas Parish. Here Mr. de Caradeuc
was born in 1916. While an infant he lost
his father from an accident in the hunt
ing field, and as a mere boy was sent to
France for his education, where, after
the usual preparation. he enjoyed the best
advantages at the Ecole Polytechnique,
in Paris. He returned to Charleston in
1889 and settled near Aiken, where he be
came a pioneer in the cultivation of
apes anu III the Audhilb u uDllGEAlN
wines.
After the war he abandoned planting
and removed to Charleston, having receiv-
ed the appointment of engineer-in-chief
and land agent of the Soth Carolina rail-
way, a position he held until his death.
As land agent he recovered thousands
of acres for the road and was familiar
with every foot OF the companys land.
Never did corporation have more loyal
service. His zeal in securing the com
panys rights was as though his personal
interest lay with the success of his en-
deavors. Mr.. de Caradeuc was a very
accomplished man, botanist, skilled
horuculturist a man of large and varied
information; he was also a very beautiful
artist AS a miniaturist and copyist he
had not his equal in the state
Mr.. de Caradeuc was the descendant of
an ancient and noble family of Bretagnc,
deriving descent from Raoul de Caradeuc,
Seigneur de la Belangerie. ambassador
from Jean ". and the duchess, Jeanne
of Bretagne, to the kings of France and
England in 1876. This family produced in
France many distinguished men in the
seventeenth and eighteenth centuries
chief of whom was the celebrated presi-
dent of the parliament of Brittany, De
Caradeuc de la Chalotais, generally known
in history as La Chalotais from the name
of his estate)-the cousin and correspond
tnL OF MI ut AdIdutut Eldllul q llltls
The unjust arrest and Imprisonment Of
La Chalotais in the reign of Louis XIV.
almost caused a revolution in Bretagne.
His justification he wrote in prison with
a toothpick dipped in SCOT, and Noltaire,
his warm admirer, averred that his tooth
pick had achieved immortality. Louis
XVI in atonement for his i'll treatment,
raised the De Caradeuc family to the
marquisate La Chalotais son was gull
lotined in the French revolution. Mr..
de Caradeuc's immediate ancestors had
been for some generations previous to the
time of his grandfather, rich sugar plant
ers in San Domingo, and al the time of
the insurrection his grandfather, Count
Jean Baptiste de Caradeuc (as he is term
ed in a contemporaneous royal decd. was
commander-in-chiefo of the royal forces on
the island, having been previously raised
to the still more distinguished position
of liuetenants of the marshals of France.
OF his grandfathers three sisters and
ten neces none but two married be-
meath the rank of countess, and from
these ladies' are descended many noble
families in France a the present day
Mr. de Caradeucs family papers prob
ably form as interesting collection as
any in South Carolina, comprising, as they
do, the original parchments of his grand
fathers appointment as lieutenant of
the marshals of France, his commission
as general-in-chief of the kings troops
in San Domingo (signed by Louis XVII
besides many letters written to his grand
father from persons of eminence and polit-
ical distinction.
But it was in his own character that
Mr. de Caradeuc best exemplded the
qualities of a true nobleman; no man
was ever more unaffected and unpretend-
ing: and an ancient simplicity of heart and
manners that seem almost to have gone
out with the generation of to-day kept him
fresh and young beyond his years. To
South Carolina first, and then to his be-
loved France, was his entire loyalty given.
A man of strong prejudices he ever cher
ished the traditions of the old south as
productive of a finer civilization than
that of to-day, and to the confederacy he
gave the lives of two sons, who distin-
guished themselves for gallantry on many
a BATTLEFIELD of Virginia.
OF a singularly reserved and reticent,
though sweet and lovable nature, his in
tinacies were rare and his life apart from
the glare of publicity. In the end he met
the only foe he had ever known with
courage and a dignity in harmony with
his entire life, and so he went forth Ike
some natriarch of old, crowned with the
devotion and reverence of a small inner
circle. and with the absolute respect and
trust of all who knew him. 80 passeth
the just man"
MI de Caradeuc married in 1910 daugh
ter of the late Antonio della Tore, who,
with a son. st. Julien de Caradeuc, of this
CITY. and a daughter, Mrs. J. Guerard Hey
ward, Of Savannah, survives him.
THEY EVEN DIE SLOWLY.