List of French Governors of Saint-Domingue
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Since 1664, Saint-Domingue
was a French
colony, recognized by Spain on September 20, 1697. From September 20, 1793 to October 1798 parts of the island were under British occupation.
For continuation after independence, see: List of heads of state of Haiti
Saint-Domingue
The labour for these plantations was provided by an estimated 790,000 African slaves . Between 1764 and 1771, the average annual importation of slaves varied between 10,000-15,000; by 1786 it was about 28,000, and from 1787 onward, the colony received more than 40,000 slaves a year...
was a French
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The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
colony, recognized by Spain on September 20, 1697. From September 20, 1793 to October 1798 parts of the island were under British occupation.
French Governors (1691-1714)
- October 1, 1691 - July 1700 Jean du CasseJean du CasseJean Baptiste du Casse was a French Buccaneer and Admiral.In his youth, he was not allowed into the French Navy because his parents were Huguenots...
- July 1700 - December 16, 1703 Joseph d'Honon de Gallifet (acting)
- December 16, 1703 - October 13, 1705 Charles Auger
- October 13, 1705 - December 28, 1707 Jean-Pierre de Charitte (acting)
- December 28, 1707 - 1710 François-Joseph, comte de Choiseul-Beauprés
- 1710 - February 7, 1711 Jean-Pierre de Charitte (2nd time)
- February 7, 1711 - May 24, 1711 Laurent de Valernod
- May 24, 1711 - August 29, 1712 Nicolas de Gabaret
- August 29, 1712 - 1713 Paul-François de La Grange, comte d'Arquian
- 1713 - 1714 Louis de Courbon, comte de Blénac
French Governors-General (1714-1803)
- 1714 - 11 Jan 1717 Louis de Courbon, comte de Blénac
- January 11, 1717 - July 10, 1719 Charles Joubert de la Bastide, marquis de Châteaumorand
- 10 Jul 1719 - 6 Dec 1723 Léon, marquis de Sorel
- December 6, 1723 - October 8, 1731 Gaspard-Charles de Goussé, chevalier de La Rochalar
- October 8, 1731 - February 4, 1732 Antoine-Gabriel, marquis de Vienne de Busserolles
- February 4, 1732 - October 8, 1732 Étienne Cochard de Chastenoy (acting)
- October 8, 1732 - July 1737 Pierre, marquis de Fayet
- July 1737 - November 11, 1737 Étienne Cochard de Chastenoy (2nd time) (acting)
- November 11, 1737 - November, 1746 Charles de Brunier, marquis de Larnage
- November 19, 1746 - August 12, 1748 Étienne Cochard de Chastenoy (3rd time) (acting)
- August 12, 1748 - March 29, 1751 Hubert de Brienne-Conflans, comte de Conflans
- March 29, 1751 - May 31, 1753 Emmanuel-Auguste de Cahideux du Bois de Lamothe
- May 31 - March 24, 1757 Joseph-Hyacinthe de Rigaud, marquis de Vaudreuil
- March 24, 1757 - July 30, 1762 Philippe-François Bart
- July 30, 1762 - March 7, 1763 Gabriel de Bory de Saint-Vincent
- March 7, 1763 - August 4, 1763 Armand, vicomte de Belzunce
- August 4, 1763 - April 23, 1764 Pierre-André de Gohin, comte de Montreuil (acting)
- April 23, 1764 - July 1, 1766 Jean-Baptiste-Charles-Henri, comte d'Estaing
- July 1, 1766 - February 10, 1769 Louis-Armand-Constantin de Rohan, prince de Montbazon
- February 10, 1769 - January 15, 1772 Pierre-Gédéon, comte de Noli
- January 15, 1772 - April 30, 1772 De la Ferronays (acting)
- April 30, 1772 - April 15, 1775 Louis-Florent, marquis de Valière
- May 12, 1775 - August 16, 1775 Jean-François, comte de Reynaud de Villeverd (acting)
- August 16, 1775 - December 13, 1776 Victor-Thérèse Charpentier, comte d'Ennery
- December 28, 1776 - May 22, 1777 Jean-Baptiste de Taste de Lilancour (acting)
- May 22, 1777 - March 7, 1780 Robert, comte d'Argout
- March 7, 1780 - April 25, 1780 Jean-Baptiste de Taste de Lilancour (2nd time) (acting)
- April 25, 1780 - July 28, 1781 Jean-François, comte de Reynaud de Villeverd (2nd time)
- July 28, 1781 - February 14, 1782 Jean-Baptiste de Taste de Lilancour (3rd time) (acting)
- February 14, 1782 - July 3, 1785 Guillaume de BellecombeGuillaume de BellecombeGuillaume Léonard de Bellecombe was Governor General of Réunion, Haiti and Pondichéry. According to most accounts he was born in 1728 in France....
- July 3, 1785 - April 27, 1786 Gui-Pierre de Coustard (acting)
- April 27, 1786 - November 1787 César Henri, comte de La LuzerneCésar Henri, comte de La LuzerneCésar Henri Guillaume de La Luzerne , seigneur de Beuzeville et de Rilly, baron de Chambon, was a French politician and soldier, rising to Lieutenant général des armées and naval minister...
- November 1787 - December 22, 1788 Alexandre de Vincent de Mazade (acting)
- December 22, 1788 - 1789 Marie-Charles, marquis du Chilleau
- 1789 - August 19, 1789 Alexandre de Vincent de Mazade (2nd time) (acting)
- August 19, 1789 - November 1790 Louis-Antoine Thomassin, comte de Peynier
- November 9, 1790 - 1792 Philibert François Rouxel de BlanchelandePhilibert François Rouxel de BlanchelandePhilippe François Rouxel, viscount de Blanchelande was a French general...
- 1792 - Jun 1792 Adrien-Nicolas, marquis de la Salle, comte d'Offémont
- Jun 1792 - October 21, 1792 Jean-Jacques d'Esparbes
- October 21, 1792 - January 2, 1793 Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de RochambeauJean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de RochambeauMarshal of France Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau was a French nobleman and general who participated in the American Revolutionary War as the commander-in-chief of the French Expeditionary Force which came to help the American Continental Army...
- January 2, 1793 - June 19, 1793 Léger-Félicité SonthonaxLéger-Félicité SonthonaxLéger-Félicité Sonthonax was a French Girondist and abolitionist during the French Revolution who controlled 7,000 French troops in Saint-Domingue during part of the Haitian Revolution. His official title was Civil Commissioner. From September 1792 - December 1795 he was the de facto ruler of...
(commissioner) - June 19, 1793 - October 1793 François Galbaud du Four
- October 1793 - May 11, 1796 Étienne-Maynaud-Bitfranc Laveaux
- May 11, 1796 - August 24, 1797 Léger-Félicité SonthonaxLéger-Félicité SonthonaxLéger-Félicité Sonthonax was a French Girondist and abolitionist during the French Revolution who controlled 7,000 French troops in Saint-Domingue during part of the Haitian Revolution. His official title was Civil Commissioner. From September 1792 - December 1795 he was the de facto ruler of...
(2nd time) (commissioner) - April 1, 1797 - May 5, 1802 Toussaint Louverture
- March 27, 1798 - October 23, 1798 Gabriel-Marie-Théodore-Joseph Hédouville (commissioner)
- February 5, 1802 - November 2, 1802 Charles LeclercCharles LeclercCharles Victoire Emmanuel Leclerc was a French Army general and husband to Pauline Bonaparte, sister to Napoleon Bonaparte.-To 1801:...
- November 2, 1802 - November 30, 1803 Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de RochambeauJean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de RochambeauMarshal of France Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau was a French nobleman and general who participated in the American Revolutionary War as the commander-in-chief of the French Expeditionary Force which came to help the American Continental Army...
(2nd time) - November 30, 1803 - December 31, 1803 Jean-Jacques DessalinesJean-Jacques DessalinesJean-Jacques Dessalines was a leader of the Haitian Revolution and the first ruler of an independent Haiti under the 1801 constitution. Initially regarded as Governor-General, Dessalines later named himself Emperor Jacques I of Haiti...
For continuation after independence, see: List of heads of state of Haiti
British Governors (1793-1798)
- September 20, 1793 - October 1794 John WhitelockeJohn Whitelocke-Military career:Whitelocke entered the army in 1778 and served in Jamaica and in San Domingo. In 1805 he was made a lieutenant-general and inspector-general of recruiting, and in 1807 he was appointed to command an expedition to seize Buenos Aires from the Spanish Empire, which was in disarray due...
- October 1794 - October 1796 Adam WilliamsonAdam WilliamsonAdam Williamson is an American soccer player, who currently plays midfielder for the Ocean City Barons in the USL Premier Development League....
- October 1796 - January 1797 John Graves SimcoeJohn Graves SimcoeJohn Graves Simcoe was a British army officer and the first Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada from 1791–1796. Then frontier, this was modern-day southern Ontario and the watersheds of Georgian Bay and Lake Superior...
- January 1797 - March 1797 NesbitNesbitNesbit township in Doddington parish, Northumberland, England was once the site of a medieval village. In maps published during the 17th to 19th centuries, the name of the settlement was variously spelled Nesbet, Nesbitt or Nesbit....
- March 1797 - October 1798 Thomas Maitland