List of French Governors of Saint-Domingue

Since 1664, Saint-Domingue was a French colony, recognized by Spain September 20 1697. From September 20 1793 to October 1798 the island was under British occupation. [cite web
url=http://www.webster.edu/~corbetre/haiti-archive/msg09484.html
title= "Haiti Rulers"
publisher=Webster University
date=2001
author=Bob Corbett
accessdate= 2007-03-14]

French Governors (1691-1714)

#October 1, 1691 - July 1700 Jean-Baptiste Ducasse
#July 1700 - December 16, 1703 Joseph d'Honon de Gallifet (acting)
#December 16, 1703 - October 13, 1705 Charles Auger
#October 13, 1705 - December 28, 1707 Jean-Pierre de Charitte (acting)
#December 28, 1707 - 1710 François-Joseph, comte de Choiseul-Beauprés
#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
#August 29, 1712 - 1713 Paul-François de La Grange, comte d'Arquian
#1713 - 1714 Louis de Courbon, comte de Blénac

French Governors-General (1714-1803)

#1714 - 11 Jan 1717 Louis de Courbon, comte de Blénac
#January 11, 1717 - July 10, 1719 Charles Joubert de la Bastide, marquis de Châteaumorand
#10 Jul 1719 - 6 Dec 1723 Léon, marquis de Sorel
#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 Chastenoy (acting)
#October 8, 1732 - July 1737 Pierre, marquis de Fayet
#July 1737 - November 11, 1737 Étienne Cochard de Chastenoy (2nd time) (acting)
#November 11, 1737 - November, 1746 Charles de Brunier, marquis de Larnage
#November 19, 1746 - August 12, 1748 Étienne Cochard de Chastenoy (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
#July 30, 1762 - March 7, 1763 Gabriel de Bory de Saint-Vincent
#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 Jean-Baptiste-Charles-Henri, comte d'Estaing
#July 1, 1766 - February 10, 1769 Louis-Armand-Constantin de Rohan, prince de Montbazon
#February 10, 1769 - January 15, 1772 Pierre-Gédéon, comte de Noli
#January 15, 1772 - April 30, 1772 De la Ferronays (acting)
#April 30, 1772 - April 15, 1775 Louis-Florent, marquis de Valière
#May 12, 1775 - August 16, 1775 Jean-François, comte de Reynaud de Villeverd (acting)
#August 16, 1775 - December 13, 1776 Victor-Thérèse Charpentier, comte d'Ennery
#December 28, 1776 - May 22, 1777 Jean-Baptiste de Taste de Lilancour (acting)
#May 22, 1777 - March 7, 1780 Robert, comte d'Argout
#March 7, 1780 - April 25, 1780 Jean-Baptiste de Taste de Lilancour (2nd time) (acting)
#April 25, 1780 - July 28, 1781 Jean-François, comte de Reynaud de Villeverd (2nd time)
#July 28, 1781 - February 14, 1782 Jean-Baptiste de Taste de Lilancour (3rd time) (acting)
#February 14, 1782 - July 3, 1785 Guillaume-Léonard de Bellecombe
#July 3, 1785 - April 27, 1786 Gui-Pierre de Coustard (acting)
#April 27, 1786 - November 1787 César-Henri, comte de La Luzerne
#November 1787 - December 22, 1788 Alexandre de Vincent de Mazade (acting)
#December 22, 1788 - 1789 Marie-Charles, marquis du Chilleau
#1789 - August 19, 1789 Alexandre de Vincent de Mazade (2nd time) (acting)
#August 19, 1789 - November 1790 Louis-Antoine Thomassin, comte de Peynier
#November 9, 1790 - 1792 Philibert Francois Rouxel de Blanchelande
#1792 - Jun 1792 Adrien-Nicolas, marquis de la Salle, comte d'Offémont
#Jun 1792 - October 21, 1792 Jean-Jacques d'Esparbes
#October 21, 1792 - January 2, 1793 Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau
#January2, 1793 - June 19 1793 Léger-Félicité Sonthonax (commissioner)
#June 19, 1793 - October 1793 François Galbaud du Four
#October 1793 - May 11, 1796 Étienne-Maynaud-Bitfranc Laveaux
#May 11, 1796 - August 24, 1797 Léger-Félicité Sonthonax (2nd time) (commissioner)
#April 1, 1797 - May 5, 1802 Toussaint-Louverture
#March 27, 1798 - October 23, 1798 Gabriel-Marie-Théodore-Joseph Hédouville (commissioner)
#February 5, 1802 - November 2, 1802 Charles-Victor-Emmanuel Leclerc
#November 2, 1802 - November 30, 1803 Jean-Baptiste Donatien de Vimeur, comte de Rochambeau (2nd time)
#November 30, 1803 - December 31, 1803 Jean-Jacques Dessalines

January 1, 1804, Independence of Haiti, Jean-Jacques Dessalines is Provisional Chief of the Haitian Government to September 22, 1804 and then Emperor of Haiti until October 17, 1806

British occupation (1793-1798)

British Governors

#September 20, 1793 - October 1794 John Whitelock
#October 1794 - October 1796 Adam Williamson
#October 1796 - January 1797 John Graves Simcoe
#January 1797 - March 1797 Nesbit
#March 1800 - March 1750

ee also

*List of heads of state of Haïti

References