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Intendant de la Marine, Martinique - France - Windward Islands - French

Extant from : 1659/03
Date fromDate toHolderSource
1715/121717
Louis Balthazar Ricouart d’Hérouville (Comte d’Hérouville)French
Naval Sailor
Administrator
Service 1693-1739

He arrived in January 1717 .
With the support of Governor Varennes , it was decided to impose their will on the settler landowners and to compel them to obey .
In particular, to abandon certain cultures and to cease trade with abroad . The measures taken trigger a revolt of the great colonists , known as the Gaoulé (Chahut), at the end of which , on May 23 , the insurgents having seized the two Agents of the King , forced them to re-embark for France .

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1744/01/011745
Jean Louis Albert de RancheFrench
Administrator
Service 1720-1762

by interim

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17461749
Jean Louis Albert de RancheFrench
Administrator
Service 1720-1762
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Other Intendant de la Marine locations

Bordeaux, Brest, Dunkirk, Îles et Terre Ferme de l'Amérique, Languedoc, Le Havre, Marseille, Mascareignes, Nouvelle-France, Provence, Ragusa, Rochefort, Saint-Domingue, Toulon, Windward Islands,

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ref:673Parcours d'officiers dans la Royale Web Site