Excerpt from A Short View of the Life and Character of Lieutenant-General Villettes: Late Lieutenant-Governor and Commander of the Forces in Jamaica One of the most ancient families, in France. His ancestors were lords of Mont (lidier in Languedoc, in the thirteenth century, and many of them held considerable offices under different monarchs.' During the civil wars, they were much distinguished for their exertions in favour of the Hugonots; and after the revocation of the edict of Nantes, they withdrew from France, and settled in this kingdom. The father of the late Lieut. General was educated in the diplomatic line, and was many years minister plenipo tent'iary to the late and the present king; first. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.