Governor of Isle de France | |
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Residence | Château de Réduit |
Precursor | Governor of Dutch Mauritius |
Formation | 24 December 1721 |
First holder | Julien Duronguët le Toullec |
Final holder | Louis Léger |
Abolished | 3 December 1810 |
Succession | Governor of British Mauritius |
The Governor of Isle de France was an official who ruled Isle de France (now Republic of Mauritius) during the French colonial period between 1721 and 1810. After the Dutch abandoned Mauritius, the island became a French colony in September 1715 when Guillaume Dufresne d'Arsel landed and took possession of it, naming the island Isle de France. The French government turned over the administration of Mauritius to the French East India Company, but the island remained bereft of Europeans until 1721. Furthermore, until 1735, Isle de France was administered from Île Bourbon, now known as Réunion. [1]
A list of French governors and governors-general of the country from 1721 to 1810. [2] [3]
No. | Portrait | Incumbent | Tenure | ||||
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Took office | Left office | ||||||
Governors of the Compagnie des Indes | |||||||
Julien Duronguët le Toullec Acting | 24 December 1721 | 7 April 1722 | |||||
1 | Denis, chevalier de Nyon | 7 April 1722 | 16 December 1725 | ||||
Duval de Hauville Acting for Nyon | 7 April 1722 | 16 December 1725 | |||||
Jacques Gast d'Hauterive Acting for Nyon | 13 July 1722 | 3 December 1722 | |||||
Denis de Brousse Acting | 16 December 1725 | 13 March 1729 | |||||
2 | Pierre Benoît Dumas | 13 March 1729 | 20 August 1729 | ||||
3 | Nicolas de Maupin | 20 August 1729 | 4 June 1735 | ||||
Governor-general of the Compagnie des Indes | |||||||
4 | Mahé de La Bourdonnais | 4 June 1735 | 23 March 1746 | ||||
Didier de Saint-Martin Acting for La Bourdonnais | 20 March 1740 | 14 August 1741 | |||||
Didier de Saint-Martin Acting for La Bourdonnais | 14 August 1741 | 18 December 1742 | |||||
Didier de Saint-Martin Acting | 23 March 1746 | 6 October 1746 | |||||
5 | Pierre Félix Barthélemy David | 6 October 1746 | 10 February 1753 | ||||
6 | Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier | 10 February 1753 | 3 December 1755 | ||||
7 | René Magon de la Villebague | 3 December 1755 | 4 November 1759 | ||||
8 | Antoine Marie Desforges-Boucher | 4 November 1759 | 14 July 1767 | ||||
Governor-general of the Mascarene Islands | |||||||
9 | Jean-Daniel Dumas | 14 July 1767 | 27 November 1768 | ||||
Jean Guillaume Steinauer Acting | 27 November 1768 | 6 June 1769 | |||||
10 | François Julien du Dresnay | 6 June 1769 | 23 August 1772 | ||||
11 | Charles-Henri-Louis d'Arsac de Ternay | 23 August 1772 | 2 December 1776 | ||||
12 | Antoine de Guiran, chevalier de La Brillanne | 2 December 1776 | 28 April 1779 | ||||
Joseph Murinais, comte de Saint-Maurice Acting | 28 April 1779 | 30 April 1779 | |||||
François, vicomte de Souillac Acting | 1 May 1779 | 30 January 1780 | |||||
13 | François, vicomte de Souillac | 30 January 1780 | 3 November 1787 | ||||
Camille Charles Leclerc, chevalier de Fresne Acting for Souillac | 5 April 1785 | 28 June 1785 | |||||
François de Fleury Acting for Souillac | 28 June 1785 | 7 November 1785 | |||||
14 | Joseph Antoine Raimond de Bruni, chevalier d'Entrecasteaux | 5 November 1787 | 14 November 1789 | ||||
15 | Thomas, comte de Conway | 14 November 1789 | 29 July 1790 | ||||
Dominique Prosper de Chermont Acting | 29 July 1790 | 19 August 1790 | |||||
David Charpentier de Cossigny Acting | 19 August 1790 | 18 June 1792 | |||||
16 | Anne Joseph Hippolyte de Maurès, comte de Malartic | 18 June 1792 | 28 July 1800 | ||||
17 | François Louis Magallon de la Morlière | 28 July 1800 | 3 February 1803 | ||||
18 | Charles Mathieu Isidore, comte Decaen | 26 September 1803 | 3 December 1810 | ||||
Prefect | |||||||
19 | Louis Léger | 26 September 1803 | 3 December 1810 |
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