List of governors of La Réunion
The Governor of Bourbon or La Réunion was a French colonial role. When the island became a French overseas department in 1946, the role was replaced by a prefect.
French Revolution and British occupation
Start | End | Governor |
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8 September 1790 | 18 October 1792 | Prosper de Chermont |
19 October 1792 | 11 April 1794 | Jean-Baptiste Vigoureux du Plessis |
12 April 1794 | 1 November 1795 | Pierre Alexandre Roubaud |
2 November 1795 | 7 October 1803 | Pierre Antoine Jacob de Cordemoy |
10 November 1803 | 31 December 1805 | François-Louis Magallon |
9 January 1806 | 25 September 1809 | Nicolas Ernault des Bruslys |
9 October 1809 | 8 July 1810 | Jean-Chrysostôme Bruneteau de Sainte-Suzanne |
9 July 1810 | 20 December 1810 | Robert Townsend Farquhar |
20 December 1810 | 26 April 1811 | Henry Sheehy Keating |
26 April 1811 | 10 July 1811 | Robert Townsend Farquhar |
10 July 1811 | 5 April 1815 | Henry Sheehy Keating |