François de Souillac

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François, Vicomte de Souillac was born on July 2, 1732 in Périgord. He was Governor General of Pondichéry, Réunion He entered the navy in 1749 and he was named governor of Bourbon on December 23, 1775. On October 15, 1776 the Governor De Souillac created by ordinance, the "Quartier du Repos de Laleu". The ordinance of March 8, 1777 tried moraliser hunting for the runaway slaves.

On May 1, 1779 he became Governor General by interim of the islands of Mauritius and Bourbon (Réunion). On January 30, 1780 he was confirmed in that station. As Governor General, the interests of the island of France became his first concerns. Thus he requisitioned, in Bourbon (Réunion), the two hundred best blacks of the Workshops of the King for the needs for the island of Mauritius. He left that area in 1787.

Today a village of Mauritius perpetuates his memory. There is a street named on him in Pondichéry.

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Preceded by Jean-Guillaume Steinauer	Governor General of Réunion 26 October 1776–30 April 1779	Succeeded by Joseph Murinay de Saint-Maurice
Preceded by Charles Joseph Pâtissier, Marquis de Bussy-Castelnau	Governor General of Pondichéry 1785	Succeeded by David Charpentier de Cossigny
Preceded by Joseph Murinais, Comte de, Saint-Maurice (Acting)	Governor General of Mascarene Islands 14 February 1782–3 July 1785	Succeeded by Camille Charles Leclerc, Chevalier de Fresne (Acting)