Jean Guiton
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For the French Academician, see Jean Guitton.
Jean Guiton (1585–1654) was born in La Rochelle where he followed the occupation of ship-owner. He became mayor of La Rochelle and, during the 1627-1628 Siege of La Rochelle, he organized an energetic resistance to the troops of king Louis XIII. The scene is still visible today in the City Hall (Hotel de Ville) of La Rochelle, where a marble table with a chip made by his dagger is on display.
Then, Richelieu offered him leadership in the royal fleet and he fought Spain. One of his daughters married the son of the famous Protestant admiral Abraham Duquesne, Abraham Duquesne-Guiton.
As many other Rochelais (people from La Rochelle), Jean Guiton was a Huguenot.
