Charles de Brunier (1687-November 1746) was the governor of Marie-Galante in 1714 [1] [2] then served as governor of French Grenada [3] from 1727 to 1734 and then the governor-general of Haiti [4] [3] [5] [6] [7] from 1737 until his death in 1746. [8] He is mentioned on the West wall of the museum of the permanent museum of colonies and is even described as the “father of the colony”. [7] [9]
He wrote a book with Simon-Pierre Maillart (or Maillard) [10] a few months before his death called “Ordonnance des Administrateurs, concernant les Négres-Epaves. Du 2 Juillet 1745” [11]