Philibert François Rouxel de Blanchelande

Philibert François Rouxel de Blanchelande
Governor of Tobago
In office 2 June 1781 – 1784
Preceded by	George Ferguson
Succeeded by	Vicomte d'Arrot
Governor of Saint-Domingue
In office 9 November 1790 – 1792
Preceded by	Antoine de Thomassin
Succeeded by	Marquis de La Salle
Personal details
Born	(1735-02-21)21 February 1735 Dijon, France
Died	15 April 1793(1793-04-15) (aged 58) Paris, France
Military service
Allegiance	France
Years of service	1747–1793
Rank	Maréchal de camp

Philippe François Rouxel, viscount de Blanchelande (21 February 1735 – 15 April 1793) was a French military officer, nobleman and colonial administrator who served as the governor of Saint-Domingue from 1790 to 1792. He was born on 21 February 1735 in Dijon, France, and subsequently enlisted in the French Royal Army, rising to the rank of Maréchal de camp by 1781. In that year, Blanchelande led a French expeditionary force which captured Tobago from the British. He was subsequently made governor of the island, serving from 1781 to 1784.^[1]

Blanchelande subsequently succeeded Antoine de Thomassin de Peynier as governor of Saint-Domingue at the end of 1790.^[2] In 1791, during the Haitian Revolution, Rouxel led French troops against rebel slaves led by Dutty Boukman. In 1792, he was replaced as governor by Adrien-Nicolas Piédefer, marquis de La Salle, who would himself be replaced by François-Thomas Galbaud du Fort after June 1793. Convicted of counter-revolutionary actions and treason, Blanchelande was condemned to the guillotine by the Revolutionary Tribunal on 11 April 1793 and executed on 15 April.^[3]

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