Prise de Saint Eustache par les troupes de Bouille sept 1781

Camille Charles Le Clerc de Fresne, known as Chevalier de Fresne (1741–1797) was Governor General of

Mauritius Mauritius ( ; french: Maurice, link=no ; mfe, label=Mauritian Creole, Moris ), officially the Republic of Mauritius, is an island nation in the Indian Ocean about off the southeast coast of the African continent, east of Madagascar. It incl ...

(1785) and

Puducherry Puducherry or Pondicherry may refer to: * Puducherry (union territory), a union territory of India ** Pondicherry, capital of the union territory of Puducherry ** Puducherry district, a district of the union territory of Puducherry ** Puducherry tal ...

from 1789 to 1792 in the

French Colonial Empire The French colonial empire () comprised the overseas colonies, protectorates and mandate territories that came under French rule from the 16th century onward. A distinction is generally made between the "First French Colonial Empire", that exist ...

. He married a widow, Emilie-Thomase de Solminihac (1770–1846), in Puducherry, on 20 June 1788. One significant event occurred in his tenure was Mr.

Pierre Sonnerat Pierre Sonnerat (18 August 1748 – 31 March 1814) was a French natural history, naturalist, colonial administrator, writer and List of explorers, explorer. He described numerous species of plants and animals on his travels and is honoured in th ...

, Chief of

Yanam Yanam (Telugu: ''యానాం'') is a town located in the Yanam district in Puducherry. It has a population of 35,000 and is entirely surrounded by Andhra Pradesh. It was formerly a French colony for nearly 200 years, and, though united wi ...

, was involved in the business along with other traders.

's commercial involvement brought serious consequences to his administrative post (Chief of Yanam). The petitions were made against

in this connection, to Chevalier de Fresne, the then French

Governor General Governor-general (plural ''governors-general''), or governor general (plural ''governors general''), is the title of an office-holder. In the context of governors-general and former British colonies, governors-general are appointed as viceroy t ...

. On 5 June 1790 a French man "De Mars" complained against

for the first time.

References

French colonial governors and administrators History of Puducherry Governors of French India 18th-century French people Date of death unknown Year of birth unknown Year of death unknown Governors of Isle de France (Mauritius) {{Puducherry-politician-stub