David Charpentier de Cossigny


David Charpentier de Cossigny was Governor General of Pondicherry, Réunion and Isle de France.

Birth and death

He was born in Gaillac in the Tarn on 9 February 1740. He is member of a famous family of the Isle de France that includes scientists and soldiers. He died in 1801. He was succeeded by Thomas Conway, who was a Revolutionary general in 1777.

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