Louis Henri de Gueydon
Louis Henri de Gueydon | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Governor of Martinique | |
| In office 15 June 1853 – September 1856 | |
| Preceded by | Auguste-Nicolas Vaillant Jacques Brunot (acting) |
| Succeeded by | Louis André Lagrange (acting) Armand Louis Joseph de Fitte de Soucy |
| Governor of Algeria | |
| In office 21 March 1871 – 10 June 1873 | |
| Preceded by | Alexis Lambert |
| Succeeded by | Antoine Chanzy |
| Deputy for Manche | |
| In office 4 October 1885 – 1 December 1886 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 22 November 1809 Granville, Manche, France |
| Died | 1 December 1886 (aged 77) Kerlaran, Landerneau, Finistère, France |
| Occupation | Naval officer |
Louis Henri, comte de Gueydon (22 November 1809 – 1 December 1886) was a
governor of Algeria under the Third Republic
.
Family
De Gueydon was born in
Grand Croix of the Légion d'honneur
.
De Gueydon came third in the entrance exam for the naval school at
Grand Croix of the Légion d'honneur
.
Political career
On 29 March 1871, De Gueydon was named civil governor of
Alsace-Lorraine
. On his advice, title would be granted to colonists who engaged to reside on the land for nine years. In 1872 he summed up the political situation: "We must face the fact, that what the politicians and most of the colonists want, is the dominance of those elected by the French population, and the crushing, the enslavement even, of the native population."
In the
Senate earlier that year.[2]
Works
- "Cóte Occidentale de l'Amérique Méridionale: Exploration des Îles Galapagos en Août et Septembre 1846 [West Coast of South America: Exploration of the Galapagos Islands in August and September 1846]", Revue Coloniale [Colonial Revue] (in French), vol. XIII, Paris: Royal Imprimery, December 1847, pp. 349–398.
- La vérité sur la Marine, 1849
- Organisation du personnel à bord, 1852
- Tactique navale, 1867
- L'équité politique, 1871
Namesakes
- Azeffoun in Algeria was formerly named Port-Gueydon
- armoured cruiser, was launched in 1899.
References
- (in French) Le livre d'Or de l'Algérie, Narcisse Faucon, Challamel et Cie Éditeurs Librairie Algérienne et Coloniale, 1889.
- Histoire de la France coloniale, Agora, Armand Colin.
- Fafo Bejaia
Notes
- ^ "s.v. Escadre". Vocabolario di marina in tre lingue. Vol. 2. Milan: Imprimerie Royale. 1813. p. 91. Retrieved 1 May 2010.
Escadre d'évolutions... A squadron fitted out for the purposes of exercising
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