Joseph d'Honon de Gallifet

Joseph d'Honon de Gallifet
Governor of Saint-Domingue (acting)
In office
July 1700  16 December 1703
Preceded by Jean-Baptiste du Casse
Succeeded by Charles Auger
Governor of Guadeloupe (absent)
In office
1703–1706
Preceded by Bonnaventure-François de Boisfermé (acting)
Succeeded by Robert Cloche de La Malmaison
Personal details
Born Provence, France
Died 1706
Nationality French
Parents Pierre II d'Honon de Galliffet
Marguerite de Bonfils
Relatives Alexandre de Galliffet (brother)
Philippe de Galliffet (brother)
Occupation Colonial administrator

Joseph d'Honon de Gallifet (died 1706) was a French aristocrat and colonial administrator. He served as the Governor of Saint-Domingue (now Haiti) from 1700 to 1703, and the Governor of Guadeloupe from 1703 to 1706. Gallifet dealt with the reality of buccaneers as soon as he arrived in Saint-Domingue.[1]

References

  1. Latimer, Jon (2009). Buccaneers of the Caribbean: How Piracy Forged an Empire. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 276. ISBN 9780674034037. OCLC 261174550.


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