Antoine-Léonce Michaux (born November 6, 1822 in

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, Guadeloupe, and died January 20, 1893,

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) was

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for French India in the Second French Colonial Empire under the

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Life

Antoine-Léonce Michaux join the French Navy in 1841, Clerk the Navy in 1845, Help Commissioner in 1848 and Deputy Commissioner in 1855. He's 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's in 1869, in residence at

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, Authorising Officer, with the Rear Admiral Charles Guillain. He was elevated to Officer of the Légion d'honneur in 1872. From 1876 to 1877, he was Head for the protectorate over the

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. He's 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 French colonial governors and administrators Governors of French India People of the French Third Republic {{Guadeloupe-bio-stub