Since 1659,

Saint-Domingue Saint-Domingue () was a French colony in the western portion of the Caribbean island of Hispaniola, in the area of modern-day Haiti, from 1659 to 1804. The name derives from the Spanish main city in the island, Santo Domingo, which came to refer ...

(now the Republic of

Haiti Haiti (; ht, Ayiti ; French: ), officially the Republic of Haiti (); ) and formerly known as Hayti, is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and ...

), was a French colony, recognized by Spain on September 20, 1697. From September 20, 1793, to October 1798 parts of the island were under British occupation. (actually taken from rulers.org!!!)

Governors (1691-1714)

#October 1, 1691 - July 1700

Jean du Casse Jean-Baptiste du Casse (2 August 1646 – 25 June 1715) was a French privateer, admiral, and colonial administrator who served throughout the Atlantic World during the 17th and 18th centuries. Likely born 2 August 1646 in Saubusse, near Pau ...

#July 1700 - December 16, 1703 Joseph d'Honon de Gallifet (acting) #December 16, 1703 - October 13, 1705

Charles Auger Charles Auger de La Motte ( – 13 February 1705) was a French colonial administrator. He was governor in turn of Marie-Galante, Guadeloupe and Saint-Domingue. Career Early years (1640–1683) Charles Auger was born on Saint-Christophe around ...

#October 13, 1705 - December 28, 1707 Jean-Pierre de Charitte (acting) #December 28, 1707 - 1710 François-Joseph, comte de Choiseul-Beaupré #1710 - February 7, 1711 Jean-Pierre de Charitte (2nd time) #February 7, 1711 - May 24, 1711 Laurent de Valernod #May 24, 1711 - August 29, 1712

Nicolas de Gabaret Gabriel-Jean Nicolas Gabaret de Saint-Sornin (18 August 1641 – 25 June 1712) was a French colonial official who was governor of Grenada in the French West Indies, and then for over twenty years was governor of Martinique. He was deputy to the g ...

#August 29, 1712 - 1713 Paul-François de La Grange, comte d'Arquian #1713 - 1714

Louis de Courbon, comte de Blénac Louis de Courbon, Comte de Blénac, Marquis de Coutré (died 10 July 1722) was governor of the French colony of Saint-Domingue from 1713 to 1716. Family Louis de Courbon, Marquis de Coutré, was the second son of Charles de Courbon de Blénac, m ...

Governors-General (1714-1803)

#1714 - 11 Jan 1717

#January 11, 1717 - July 10, 1719

Charles Joubert de La Bastide Joseph Joubert Charles La Bastide, knight and marquis of Chateaumorand (or Château-Morand), was a naval officer and colonial administrator French in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. He was a governor of Saint-Domingue between January 11 ...

, marquis de Châteaumorand #10 Jul 1719 - 6 Dec 1723

Léon de Sorel Léon de Sorel, marquis de Sorel (1655 – 4 November 1743) was a French naval officer and colonial administrator who was governor of Saint-Domingue in 1719–1723. Family Léon marquis de Sorel (1655-1743) was from a family from the Bailiwick o ...

#December 6, 1723 - October 8, 1731 Gaspard-Charles de Goussé, chevalier de La Rochalar #October 8, 1731 - February 4, 1732 Antoine-Gabriel, marquis de Vienne de Busserolles #February 4, 1732 - October 8, 1732

Étienne Cochard de Chastenoye Étienne Cochard de Chastenoye (died c. 1749) was a French colonial soldier who was interim governor of Saint-Domingue (Haiti) three times in the 18th century. Early career Étienne Cochard de Chastenoye came to Saint-Domingue in 1697, and serv ...

(acting) #October 8, 1732 - July 1737 Pierre, marquis de Fayet #July 1737 - November 11, 1737

(2nd time) (acting) #November 11, 1737 - November, 1746

Charles de Brunier, marquis de Larnage Charles is a masculine given name predominantly found in English and French speaking countries. It is from the French form ''Charles'' of the Proto-Germanic name (in runic alphabet) or ''*karilaz'' (in Latin alphabet), whose meaning was " ...

#November 19, 1746 - August 12, 1748

(3rd time) (acting) #August 12, 1748 - March 29, 1751 Hubert de Brienne-Conflans, comte de Conflans #March 29, 1751 - May 31, 1753 Emmanuel-Auguste de Cahideux du Bois de Lamothe #May 31 - March 24, 1757 Joseph-Hyacinthe de Rigaud, marquis de Vaudreuil #March 24, 1757 - July 30, 1762

Philippe-François Bart Philippe-François Bart (28 February 1706 – 12 March 1784) Grandson of Admiral Jean Bart, was a French naval officer who was Governor of Saint-Domingue (now Haiti) from 1757 to 1761 during the Seven Years' War. Early years (1706–1722) Philipp ...

#July 30, 1762 - March 7, 1763

Gabriel de Bory de Saint-Vincent In Abrahamic religions (Judaism, Christianity and Islam), Gabriel (); Greek: grc, Γαβριήλ, translit=Gabriḗl, label=none; Latin: ''Gabriel''; Coptic: cop, Ⲅⲁⲃⲣⲓⲏⲗ, translit=Gabriêl, label=none; Amharic: am, ገብር� ...

#March 7, 1763 - August 4, 1763 Armand, vicomte de Belzunce #August 4, 1763 - April 23, 1764 Pierre-André de Gohin, comte de Montreuil (acting) #April 23, 1764 - July 1, 1766

Charles Henri Hector d'Estaing Jean Baptiste Charles Henri Hector, comte d'Estaing (24 November 1729 – 28 April 1794) was a French general and admiral. He began his service as a soldier in the War of the Austrian Succession, briefly spending time as a prisoner of war of the B ...

#July 1, 1766 - February 10, 1769

Louis-Armand-Constantin de Rohan Louis-Armand-Constantin de Rohan, ''Chevalier de Rohan'' and ''Prince de Montbazon'', (6 April 1732 – 27 July 1794) was a French naval officer of the eighteenth century. Life Louis-Armand-Constantin was the fifth of seven children of He ...

, prince de Montbazon #February 10, 1769 - January 15, 1772

Pierre Gédéon de Nolivos Pierre Gédéon, Comte de Nolivos (born 25 November 1715) was a French soldier who served as Governor of Guadeloupe from 1765–1768, then as Governor of Saint-Domingue from 1769–1772. Early years Pierre Gédéon René de Nolivos was born on 2 ...

#January 15, 1772 - April 30, 1772 De la Ferronays (acting) #April 30, 1772 - April 15, 1775

Louis-Florent de Vallière Louis-Florent de Vallière (or Devalière; 19 June 1721 – 10 April 1775) was Governor General of the French colony of Saint-Domingue, now Haiti. Origins Louis Florent de Vallière was born on 19 June 1721 in Paris. His parents were Jean Floren ...

#May 12, 1775 - August 16, 1775 Jean-François, comte de Reynaud de Villeverd (acting) #August 16, 1775 - December 13, 1776

Victor-Thérèse Charpentier Victor-Thérèse Charpentier d'Ennery (March 24, 1732 – December 13, 1776) was the marquis, and later count, of Ennery and was also a governor general of Saint-Domingue in the mid-to-late 18th century. Family Charpentier was born in Paris, Fr ...

#December 28, 1776 - May 22, 1777

Jean-Baptiste de Taste de Lilancour Jean-Baptiste is a male French name, originating with Saint John the Baptist, and sometimes shortened to Baptiste. The name may refer to any of the following: Persons * Charles XIV John of Sweden, born Jean-Baptiste Jules Bernadotte, was King ...

(acting) #May 22, 1777 - March 7, 1780 Robert, comte d'Argout #March 7, 1780 - April 25, 1780

(2nd time) (acting) #April 25, 1780 - July 28, 1781 Jean-François, comte de Reynaud de Villeverd (2nd time) #July 28, 1781 - February 14, 1782

(3rd time) (acting) #February 14, 1782 - July 3, 1785

Guillaume de Bellecombe Guillaume Léonard de Bellecombe (20 February 1728 – 28 February 1792) was Governor General of Réunion, Saint-Domingue and Pondichéry, and a Republican revolutionary. According to most accounts he was born in 1728 in France. Bellecombe ...

#July 3, 1785 - April 27, 1786 Gui-Pierre de Coustard (acting) #April 27, 1786 - November 1787

César Henri, comte de La Luzerne César Henri Guillaume de La Luzerne (23 February 1737, Paris – 24 March 1799, château de Bernau, near Linz), seigneur de Beuzeville et de Rilly, baron de Chambon, was a French politician and soldier, rising to Lieutenant général des armées ...

#November 1787 - December 22, 1788

Alexandre de Vincent de Mazade Alexandre de Vincent de Mazade (or Mazarade; 1735–1808) was a French soldier who was twice acting governor of the French colony of Saint-Domingue between 1787 and 1789. Early years Alexandre de Vincent de Mazade was born in Saint-Péray, Ardè ...

(acting) #December 22, 1788 - 1789 Marie-Charles du Chilleau #1789 - August 19, 1789

(2nd time) (acting) #August 19, 1789 - November 1790

Antoine de Thomassin de Peynier Louis Antoine de Thomassin de Peynier, known as Antoine de Thomassin, comte de Peynier (27 September 1731 – 11 October 1809) was an officer of the French Royal Navy and a colonial administrator of the Kingdom of France. Biography Early ye ...

#November 9, 1790 - 1792

Philibert François Rouxel de Blanchelande Philippe François Rouxel, viscount de Blanchelande (21 February 1735 – 15 April 1793) was a French military officer, nobleman and colonial administrator who served as the governor of Saint-Domingue from 1790 to 1792. He was born on 21 Febr ...

#1792 - Jun 1792 Adrien-Nicolas, marquis de la Salle, comte d'Offémont #Jun 1792 - October 21, 1792

Jean-Jacques d'Esparbes Jean-Jacques d'Esparbès (or Desparbès; 12 January 1720 – 13 March 1810) was a French soldier who was briefly Governor of Saint-Domingue in 1792 during the French Revolution. Life Jean-Jacques d'Esparbès was born on 12 January 1720. He marrie ...

#October 21, 1792 - January 2, 1793

Donatien-Marie-Joseph de Vimeur, vicomte de Rochambeau Donatien-Marie-Joseph de Vimeur, vicomte de Rochambeau (7 April 1755 – 20 October 1813) was a French military commander. He was the son of Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau. Biography He served in the American Revolution ...

#January 2, 1793 - June 19, 1793

Léger-Félicité Sonthonax Léger-Félicité Sonthonax (7 March 1763 – 23 July 1813) was a French abolitionist and Jacobin before joining the Girondist party, which emerged in 1791. During the French Revolution, he controlled 7,000 French troops in Saint-Domingue during pa ...

(commissioner) #June 19, 1793 - October 1793

François-Thomas Galbaud du Fort François-Thomas Galbaud du Fort (or Dufort; 25 September 1743 – 21 April 1801) was a French general who was briefly governor-general of Saint-Domingue. He arrived at a time when the planters were hostile to the new French First Republic with ...

#October 1793 - May 11, 1796

Étienne Maynaud de Bizefranc de Laveaux Étienne Maynaud de Bizefranc de Laveaux (or Mayneaud, Lavaux; 8 August 1751 – 12 May 1828) was a French general who was Governor of Saint-Domingue from 1793 to 1796 during the French Revolution. He ensured that the law that freed the slaves was ...

#May 11, 1796 - August 24, 1797

(2nd time) (commissioner) #April 1, 1797 - May 5, 1802

Toussaint Louverture François-Dominique Toussaint Louverture (; also known as Toussaint L'Ouverture or Toussaint Bréda; 20 May 1743 – 7 April 1803) was a Haitian general and the most prominent leader of the Haitian Revolution. During his life, Louverture ...

#March 27, 1798 - October 23, 1798 Gabriel-Marie-Théodore-Joseph Hédouville (commissioner) #February 5, 1802 - November 2, 1802

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#November 2, 1802 - November 30, 1803

(2nd time) #November 30, 1803 - December 31, 1803

Jean-Jacques Dessalines Jean-Jacques Dessalines (Haitian Creole: ''Jan-Jak Desalin''; ; 20 September 1758 – 17 October 1806) was a leader of the Haitian Revolution and the first ruler of an independent First Empire of Haiti, Haiti under the Constitution of Haiti, 1 ...

For continuation after independence, ''see:''

List of heads of state of Haiti This article lists the heads of state of Haiti since the beginning of the Haitian Revolution in 1791. Full independence of Haiti was Haitian Declaration of Independence, declared in 1804. Between 1806 and 1820 Haiti was divided between the northe ...

British Governors (1793-1798)

#September 20, 1793 - October 1794

John Whitelocke John Whitelocke (1757 – 23 October 1833) was a British Army officer. Military career Educated at Marlborough Grammar School and at Lewis Lochée's military academy in Chelsea, Whitelocke entered the army in 1778 and served in Jamaica and in Sa ...

#October 1794 - October 1796

Adam Williamson Adam Williamson (born August 4, 1984) is a former American soccer player, who last played midfielder for the Ocean City Barons in the USL Premier Development League. Williamson grew up in Petersburg, Cape May County, New Jersey and played socce ...

#October 1796 - January 1797

John Graves Simcoe John Graves Simcoe (25 February 1752 – 26 October 1806) was a British Army general and the first lieutenant governor of Upper Canada from 1791 until 1796 in southern Ontario and the Drainage basin, watersheds of Georgian Bay and Lake Superior. ...

#January 1797 - March 1797 Nesbit #March 1797 - October 1798 Thomas Maitland

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British Governors (1793-1798)

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