Charles Xavier Joseph D Abancoirt, minister of Louis XVI. of France, born at Douay, July 4, 1758, died Sept. 10, 1792. At the commencement of the revolution he was captain in the cavalry,- but was made minister of war in consequence of the occurrences of June 20, 1792. During the proceedings of the 10th of August he was accused of being a foe to freedom, and was imprisoned. With many others he was dragged before the tribunal at Orleans, whence he was to be reconducted to Paris; but the transport was mobbed on the way at Versailles, and Abancourt and his fellow prisoners were butchered.