André Julien, Comte Dupuy
André Julien, Comte Dupuy (13 June 1753, Brioude[1] – 6 January 1832, Paris[2]), was Governor General of French India between 1816 and 1825.
Life
[edit]He was Governor General of Pondicherry between September 1816 to October 1825. After Treaty of Paris (1814), Pondicherry and its territories were returned to French by British for the third and last time. Then Comte Dupuy was made Governor General of it. Today there is a street named upon him (Rue Comte Dupuy) in Pondicherry.
External links
[edit]- Scherer, Eric (9 January 2024). "1816: The 2nd Treaty of Paris and the final establishment of (minimal) French colonial rule". The struggle for dominance: colonization and development of postal services from 1498 until 1816 on the Indian Subcontinent (PDF). Royal Philatelic Society London. Retrieved 22 September 2024.
References
[edit]- ^ Annales maritimes et coloniales (in French). Impr. Royale. 1832. p. 759. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
- ^ Bulletin des lois de la Republique Francaise (in French). Impr. Nationale des Lois. 1832. p. 290. Retrieved 20 November 2024.
Categories:
- 1753 births
- 1832 deaths
- People from Brioude
- Comtes Dupuy
- Members of the Sénat conservateur
- Members of the Chamber of Peers of the Bourbon Restoration
- Members of the Chamber of Peers of the July Monarchy
- Governors of French India
- Grand Officers of the Legion of Honour
- Knights of the Order of Saint Louis
- Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery
- Puducherry politician stubs