David Charpentier de Cossigny
David Charpentier de Cossigny was Governor General of Pondicherry, Réunion and Isle de France (now Mauritius).
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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