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Édouard Manès
Édouard Manès (1835-1898) was Governor General for Inde française in the Second French Colonial Empire The French colonial empire () comprised the overseas Colony, colonies, protectorates, and League of Nations mandate, mandate territories that came under French rule from the 16th century onward. A distinction is generally made between the "Firs ... and after Governor of Reunion, a French Indian Ocean island, under Third Republic. Titles Held Governors of French India People of the French Third Republic {{France-mil-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Governor General
Governor-general (plural governors-general), or governor general (plural governors general), is the title of an official, most prominently associated with the British Empire. In the context of the governors-general and former British colonies, governors-general continue to be appointed as viceroy to represent the monarch of a personal union in any sovereign state over which the monarch does not normally reign in person (non-UK Commonwealth realm). In the British Empire, governors-general were appointed on the advice of the government of the United Kingdom and were often British aristocracy, but in the mid-twentieth century they began to be appointed on the advice of the independent government of each realm and be citizens of each independent state. Governors-general have also previously been appointed in respect of major colonial states or other territories held by either a monarchy or republic, such as Japan, Korea, Taiwan and France in Indochina. Current uses In modern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inde Française
French India, formally the (), was a French colony comprising five geographically separated enclaves on the Indian subcontinent that had initially been factories of the French East India Company. They were ''de facto'' incorporated into the Republic of India in 1950 and 1954. The enclaves were , Karikal, Yanaon on the Coromandel Coast, Mahé on the Malabar Coast and Chandernagor in Bengal. The French also possessed several ('lodges', tiny subsidiary trading stations) inside other towns, but after 1816, the British denied all French claims to these, which were not reoccupied. By 1950, the total area measured , of which belonged to the territory of . In 1936, the population of the colony totalled 298,851 inhabitants, of which 63% (187,870) lived in the territory of Pondichéry. Background France was the last of the major European maritime powers of the 17th century to enter the East India trade. Six decades after the foundation of the English and Dutch East ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Colonial Empire
The French colonial empire () comprised the overseas Colony, colonies, protectorates, and League of Nations mandate, mandate territories that came under French rule from the 16th century onward. A distinction is generally made between the "First French colonial empire", that existed until 1814, by which time most of it had been lost or sold, and the "Second French colonial empire", which began with the French conquest of Algeria, conquest of Algiers in 1830. On the eve of World War I, France's colonial empire was List of largest empires, the second-largest in the world after the British Empire. France began to establish colonies in the French colonization of the Americas, Americas, the Caribbean, and French India, India in the 16th century but lost most of its possessions after its defeat in the Seven Years' War. The North American possessions were lost to Britain and Spain, but Louisiana (New France), Spain later returned Louisiana to France in 1800. The territory was then Loui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Colonial And Departmental Heads Of Réunion
This is a list of colonial and departmental heads of Réunion. Réunion is a French overseas department and region with a population of about 800,000 located in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar, approximately 200 km southwest of Mauritius, the nearest island. The chief of state is the French President, who is represented by a Prefect Prefect (from the Latin ''praefectus'', substantive adjectival form of ''praeficere'': "put in front", meaning in charge) is a magisterial title of varying definition, but essentially refers to the leader of an administrative area. A prefect' .... The president of the General Council acts as head of the government. Elections held in Réunion include the French presidential vote. A prefect is appointed by the president on the advice of the French Ministry of the Interior. The presidents of the General and Regional Councils are elected by members of those councils. List of officeholders (Dates in italics indicate ''de facto'' continuation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Third Republic
The French Third Republic (, sometimes written as ) was the system of government adopted in France from 4 September 1870, when the Second French Empire collapsed during the Franco-Prussian War, until 10 July 1940, after the Fall of France during World War II led to the formation of the Vichy France, Vichy government. The French Third Republic was a parliamentary republic. The early days of the French Third Republic were dominated by political disruption caused by the Franco-Prussian War of 1870–1871, which the French Third Republic continued to wage after the fall of Emperor Napoleon III in 1870. Social upheaval and the Paris Commune preceded the final defeat. The German Empire, proclaimed by the invaders in Palace of Versailles, annexed the French regions of Alsace (keeping the ) and Lorraine (the northeastern part, i.e. present-day Moselle (department), department of Moselle). The early governments of the French Third Republic considered French Third Restoration, re-establi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Étienne Richaud
Étienne Antoine Guillaume Richaud (, born on 11 January 1841 in Martigues (Bouches-du-Rhône, France); died on 31 May 1889 in the Bay of Bengal), was the :fr:Chef de cabinet, Principal private secretary of the Minister of Commerce and Industry (France), Minister of Commerce Maurice Rouvier (Léon Gambetta, Gambetta's Ministry), List of governors of La Réunion, Governor of La Réunion, Governor General for Inde française in the Second French Colonial Empire under French Third Republic, Third Republic. Titles held 1841 births 1889 deaths People from Martigues Governors of French India People of the French Third Republic {{France-mil-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gouverneur Général De L'Inde Française
Gouverneur may refer to: People * Gouverneur (surname) * Gouverneur Kemble (1786–1875), U.S. congressman, diplomat, and industrialist * Gouverneur K. Warren (1830–1882), engineer and Union Army general during American Civil War * Gouverneur Morris (1752–1816), American statesman and Founding Father * Gouverneur Morris Jr. (1813–1888), New York entrepreneur and son of Gouverneur Morris * Gouverneur Morris (novelist) (1876–1953), American author *Gouverneur Frank Mosher (1871–1941), Episcopal missionary bishop of the Philippines Places * Gouverneur Island, an island in southern Antarctica * Gouverneur, New York, a town in New York * Gouverneur (village), New York, a village in New York * Gouverneur, Saint Barthélemy, an area on the Caribbean island of Saint Barthélemy Other *French and Dutch for governor A governor is an politician, administrative leader and head of a polity or Region#Political regions, political region, in some cases, such as governor-general, go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georges Jules Piquet
Georges Jules Piquet (January 13, 1839 – January 18, 1923) was Governor General for French India (''Établissements français dans l'Inde'') in the Second French Colonial Empire under Third Republic. Georges Jules Piquet was the son of Victor Piquet (1795-1876), surveyor and owner of Château de Chevignat near Courmangoux, of which he was mayor, and Pauline Marchand (1813-1873). He graduated as valedictorian from the Brest Naval School in 1856. He was aide-de-camp to Admiral Léonard Victor Charner, before becoming an ensign in June 1861. He served in the ports of Cochinchina, as second inspector of native affairs at Tây Ninh, then was promoted to lieutenant and inspector of reviews at Mỹ Tho. In February 1869, he was appointed General Secretary to the Director of the Interior in Cochinchina, based in Saigon. He was named Officer of the Legion of Honor by decree on July 18, 1876. In May 1886, he was appointed Governor of Cambodia, then in November 1887, on an interim b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Governors Of French India
A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of a state's official representative. Depending on the type of political region or polity, a ''governor'' may be either appointed or elected, and the governor's powers can vary significantly, depending on the public laws in place locally. The adjective pertaining to a governor is gubernatorial, from the Latin root ''gubernare''. In a federated state, the governor may serve as head of state and head of government for their regional polity, while still operating under the laws of the federation, which has its own head of state for the entire federation. Ancient empires Pre-Roman empires Though the legal and administrative framework of provinces, each administered by a governor, was created by the Romans, the term ''governor'' has been a convenient term for historians to describe similar systems in antiquity. Indeed, many regions of the pre-Roman ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
