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Joseph Cordier
Joseph Cordier was born on 1773. He was Acting Governor General of Pondicherry twice from 1825 to 1826 and from 1828 to 1829. He entered the French Navy The French Navy (, , ), informally (, ), is the Navy, maritime arm of the French Armed Forces and one of the four military service branches of History of France, France. It is among the largest and most powerful List of navies, naval forces i ... in 1788 as a volunteer cadet, eventing rising the ranks to become harbour captain in Pondicherry in 1814. Titles References Governors of French India People of the Bourbon Restoration {{Puducherry-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Puducherry (union Territory)
Puducherry, also known as Pondicherry, is a union territory of India, consisting of four small geographically unconnected districts. It was formed out of four territories of former French India, namely Puducherry district, Pondichéry (now Puducherry), Karaikal district, Karikal (Karaikal), Mahé district, Mahé and Yanaon (now Yanam district, Yanam), excluding Chandannagar (Chandernagore), and it is named after the largest district, Puducherry, which was also the capital of French India. Historically known as Pondicherry, the territory Renaming of cities in India, changed its official name to Puducherry on 1 October 2006. The Union Territory of Puducherry lies in the South India, southern part of the Indian Peninsula. The areas of Puducherry district and Karaikal district are bound by the state of Tamil Nadu, while Yanam district and Mahé district are enclosed by the states of Andhra Pradesh and Kerala, respectively. Puducherry is the 29th most populous of the 36 states and u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Navy
The French Navy (, , ), informally (, ), is the Navy, maritime arm of the French Armed Forces and one of the four military service branches of History of France, France. It is among the largest and most powerful List of navies, naval forces in the world recognised as being a blue-water navy. The French Navy is capable of operating globally and conducting expeditionary missions, maintaining a significant Standing French Navy Deployments, overseas presence. The French Navy is one of eight naval forces currently operating Fixed-wing aircraft, fixed-wing aircraft carriers,Along with the United States Navy, U.S., Royal Navy, U.K., People's Liberation Army Navy, China, Russian Navy, Russia, Italian Navy, Italy, Indian Navy, India, and Spanish Navy, Spain with its flagship being the only Nuclear marine propulsion, nuclear-powered aircraft carrier outside the United States Navy, and one of two non-American vessels to use Aircraft catapult, catapults to launch aircraft. Founded in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Comte Dupuy
''Comte'' is the French, Catalan and Occitan form of the word "count" (Latin: ''comes''); ''comté'' is the Gallo-Romance form of the word "county" (Latin: ''comitatus''). Comte or Comté may refer to: * ''Comte'', French for a count (i.e. the nobleman) * ''Comté'', a county in France (territory ruled by a count) * La Comté, a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department of northern France * Comté cheese, a cheese from Franche-Comté, eastern France People with the surname * Alfred Comte (1895–1965), Swiss aviation pioneer * Auguste Comte (1798–1857), French philosopher * Charles Comte (1782–1837), French lawyer, journalist and political writer * Claudine le Comte (born 1950), Belgian fencer * Fabienne Comte, French statistician * Fernando Compte (1930–2013), founder and first president of the International Sambo Federation * Ferran Soriano i Compte (born 1967), Spanish CEO of various football clubs, including Manchester City F.C. * Harry Comte (1909—1945), Australian ... [...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] |
Eugène Desbassayns De Richemont
Eugène Panon Desbassayns de Richemont (29 March 1800 – 26 June 1859), second Comte de Richemont, was a French colonial administrator and inventor. Life Eugène Panon Desbassayns de Richemont was born on 29 March 1800 in Paris. His father was Philippe Panon-Desbassayns de Richemont, Comte Desbassayns de Richemont, and his mother was Jeanne-Eglée Fulcrande Mourgue. He married Athénaïs-Claire-Joséphine-Grace on June 10, 1829 in Paris. Their children were Jeanne Mathilde (1830-1832), Alexandre Pierre Philippe, third count of Richemont (1833-1912), Edgard Philippe (1835-1914), Naïs Jeanne Modeste Eugénie (1839-1878) and Jeanne Joséphine Grâce Céline Marie (1846-1913). Eugène Desbassayns de Richemont was Governor General of Pondicherry in India between 1826 and 1828. He was the founder of the Lycée français de Pondichéry (Collège Royal) on 26 October 1826. In 1839, he donated 15,386 francs for the foundation of a leper colony near Coconut Island. The hospital wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Auguste Jacques Nicolas Peureux De Mélay
Auguste Jacques Nicolas Peureux de Mélay was governor-general for Inde française in the Second French Colonial Empire. In 1818, he captained a flotilla leaving Saint Louis, Senegal Saint-Louis () or Saint Louis (), is the capital of Senegal's Saint-Louis Region. Located in the northwest of Senegal, near the mouth of the Senegal River, and north of Senegal's capital city Dakar. It had a population of 254,171 in 2023. Saint- ... for the upper Senegal river. He founded the fort of Bakel when the low water level forced them to stop 900 km upriver. Titles held References Governors of French India People of the July Monarchy Year of birth missing Year of death missing {{France-mil-bio-stub ... [...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] |
