Commissaire-Ordonnateur de la Marine at Poindichery

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Commissaire-Ordonnateur de la Marine, Poindichery - India - French India - French

for the Colonies , responsible for finances. The ordonnateurs had many of the powers of an intendant, but without the prestige of that title.


 
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17891793/07/11
Benoît Mottet de la FontaineFrench
Administrator
Service 1764-1817

From June 1, 1793 , the English vessels blocked communications by sea .
On July 11, 1793, the English army was under the walls of Pondicherry . The powers of the commissioner are transferred to an English commander dependent on Madras . Mottet and his family choose to stay in Pondicherry , fearing to be victims of the Terror in France .

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1816/12/041817/01/01
Benoît Mottet de la FontaineFrench
Administrator
Service 1764-1817

listed as "Commissaire Ordonnateur de l’Ensemble des Etablissements Français de l'Inde"

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