Antoine-Léonce Michaux (November 6, 1822, in

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– January 20, 1893,

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) was

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for

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in the Second

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under the

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Life

Michaux joined the French Navy in 1841, clerk in the Navy in 1845, help commissioner in 1848 and deputy commissioner in 1855. He was authorising officer in 1860, in residence at Guadeloupe, with Napoleon Bontemps. He became the assistant commissioner in 1861. He was promoted Chevalier of the

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on December 31, 1863. He was promoted to commissioner general of the Navy in 1866. He was in 1869, in residence at

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, authorising officer, with the Rear Admiral Charles Guillain. He was elevated to Officer of the

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in 1872. From 1876 to 1877, he was head for the protectorate over the

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. He was then paymaster general in

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around 1879. He was briefly governor general for French India in 1871 (June–November). culture.gouv.fr : General statement of services Leonce Antoine Michaud (Fr)
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Titles held

1822 births 1893 deaths People from Basse-Terre Governors of French India People of the French Third Republic Officers of the Legion of Honour {{Guadeloupe-bio-stub