Philibert François Rouxel de Blanchelande explained

Philibert François Rouxel de Blanchelande
Office:Governor of Tobago
Term Start:2 June 1781
Term End:1784
Predecessor:George Ferguson
Successor:Vicomte d'Arrot
Office2:Governor of Saint-Domingue
Term Start2:9 November 1790
Term End2:1792
Predecessor2:Antoine de Thomassin
Successor2:Marquis de La Salle
Birth Date:21 February 1735
Birth Place:Dijon, France
Death Place:Paris, France
Serviceyears: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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  1. Web site: G.H.C. Nr 48 : April 1993 Page 775 Le début de la révolte de Saint Domingue dans la Plaine du Cap, vécu par Louis de Calbiac. Généalogie et Histoire de la Caraïbe . 2007-03-14. fr.
  2. Web site: Haiti Rulers. Webster University. 2001. Bob Corbett. 2007-03-14. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20070927174454/http://www.webster.edu/~corbetre/haiti-archive/msg09484.html. 2007-09-27.
  3. Popkin . Jeremy D. . 2014 . The French Revolution's Royal Governor: General Blanchelande and Saint Domingue, 1790–92 . The William and Mary Quarterly . 71 . 2 . 203–228 . 10.5309/willmaryquar.71.2.0203 . 10.5309/willmaryquar.71.2.0203 . 0043-5597.