Anne Joseph Hippolyte de Maurès, Comte de Malartic
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Anne Joseph Hippolyte de Maurès, Comte de Malartic (3 July 1730, Montauban - 28 July 1800, Port-Louis, Mauritius) was a French colonial governor and general, notable for his service in Canada and Mauritius.
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Anne Joseph Hippolyte de Maurès, Comte de Malartic | |
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Born | Anne Joseph Hippolyte de Malartic 3 July 1730 Montauban (Kingdom of France) |
Died | 28 July 1800 (aged 70) Port Louis |
Other names | Le Père de la Colonie |
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Position held | Governor General of Mascarene (1792–1800), colonial governor of Guadeloupe (1768–1769) |
Rank | lieutenant general |
Branch | infantry |
Titles | count |
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During the French Revolutionary period, Malartic refused to give sailor captain Robert Surcouf a letter of marque, but ordered Surcouf's ship, the Émilie to go to the Seychelles to purchase tortoises as food for Isle de France.
In June 1796, he met the agents of the Directory who had come to apply the Law of 4 February 1794. But in the face of pressure from the colonists, he forcibly return them to France.[1]