TOUCHIMBERT, Eloi Angelique Prevost Sansac, Marquis de (too-sham-bair), West Indian magistrate, born in Basse-Terre, Guadeloupe, 29 September, 1786; died at sea, 5 May, 1839. He emigrated with his parents to New Orleans, but after the coup d'etat of 1799 returned to Guadeloupe, and during the English invasion raised a regiment among his slaves, led them to the field, and was severely wounded in the attack on Morne Bel-Air, 3 February, 1810, and publicly praised by Captain-General Ernouf. After the surrender of the colony he was appointed by Lord Cochrane judge of the supreme court of Guadeloupe, and later confirmed by Louis XVIII. He was also made a gentleman of the king's private chamber, and president of the grand electoral college of the colony. Marquis de Touchimbert--who belonged to one of the most illustrious French families, being the lineal descendant of that famous Count de Sansac of whom King Francis I. said, "There are only three real gentlemen in France, Sansac, Saint-Andre, and I"--was nevertheless a Liberal, and always advocated the enfranchisement of the slaves. As a member of the colonial assembly of Guadeloupe, he alone supported the motion of the crown for freeing the negroes for a liberal consideration, and, as a member of the privy council of the governor, he enforced the rights of the slaves. Failing health induced him to set out for France, and he died when in sight of land.