- Guillaume de Bellecombe
Guillaume Léonard de Bellecombe (
February 20 ,1728 – 1792) was Governor General ofRéunion ,Haiti andPondichéry . He was born in 1728 inFrance .Bellecombe engaged to Royal Roussillon and took part in French military expeditions overseas of the 2nd part of the 18th century. He had his last battles in
New France (1755-1760) and a surprise expedition at St Jean, Newfoundland in 1762. He opposed the English everywhere, whether on the seas, or in the American continent, or in theIndies . He was Governor of St Domingue at the end of his career (1781-1785), where he saw the slave traders unloading their “goods”. He helped start the revolution of the slaves which broke out soon in 1791. This event led to the creation of the Republic ofHaiti in 1804.Bellecombe retired to
France in 1792 and died in the same year putting an end to his life of adventures.tages of life
*February 20, 1728, birth in the hamlet of “Bellecombe”, in the commune of Perville.
*from 1728 to 1756, his youth in
France , his engagement in the regiment of infantry of Royal-Roussillon (1747)*
March 30 ,1755 : Adjutant*
September 1 ,1755 : rank ofCaptain *Adjutant during the
French and Indian War inCanada during the campaigns of 1756, 1757, 1758, 1759 and 1760.*From 1760 to 1762 in France,
Lieutenant-Colonel in 1761
*1762, Second in command during the Newfoundland expedition, wounded during thebattle of Signal Hill *From 1762 to 1763, in France, rank of
Colonel on December 1, 1762*1763, Adjutant in
Martinique *1765 to 1767, in France
*1767 to 1774, Ordering in Isle Bourbon (La Réunion),
Sergeant in 1770*1774 to 1776, in France to marry with Angelique de Galaup de Marès
*1776, stopover for the inspection of Gorée, opposite
Senegal ,*
June 15 ,1776 , stopover close to theCape of Good Hope *summer 1776, inspection of the establishment of
Madagascar *1776, Commander Général in India, Governor of
Pondichéry *
October 17 ,1778 , rendering of Pondichéry at the end of a long seat*From 1780 to 1781, in France where he received the rank of
Brigadier and the decoration of Commander of Saint-Louis*
July 13 ,1781 , Governor of Saint Domingue (Haiti )*
August 25 ,1783 , Grand Cross of Saint-Louis*From 1785 to 1792, in retirement in France
Further reading
*H. de BELLECOMBE, "Essai Biographique sur Guillaume Léonard de Bellecombe," Agen, 1895.
*Myriam-Idelette GARNIER, "Histoire d’une famille protestante et de ses alliances en Périgord – Quercy – Dordogne," Poitiers, 1990.
*André de VISME, "Terre-Neuve 1762 : Dernier combat aux portes de la Nouvelle-France," Montréal, 2005. ISBN 2-9808847-0-7
External links
* [http://www.bellecombe.info/ Bellecombe]
* [http://www.terre-neuve-1762.info/ Newfoundland-1762]Titles
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