The governor of Isle de France was an official who ruled Isle de France (now Republic of Mauritius) during the French colonial period between 1721 and 1810. After the Dutch abandoned Mauritius, the island became a French colony in September 1715 when Guillaume Dufresne d'Arsel landed and took possession of it, naming the island Isle de France. The French government turned over the administration of Mauritius to the French East India Company, but the island remained bereft of Europeans until 1721. Furthermore, until 1735, Isle de France was administered from Île Bourbon, now known as Réunion.

List of governors (1721-1810) A list of French governors and governors-general of the country from 1721 to 1810.

PortraitIncumbentTenureTook officeLeft officeGovernors of the Compagnie des Indes Julien Duronguët le ToullecActing 24 December 1721 7 April 1722 1 Denis, chevalier de Nyon 7 April 1722 16 December 1725 Duval de HauvilleActing for Nyon 7 April 1722 16 December 1725 Jacques Gast d'HauteriveActing for Nyon 13 July 1722 3 December 1722 Denis de BrousseActing 16 December 1725 13 March 1729 2 Pierre Benoît Dumas 13 March 1729 20 August 1729 3 Nicolas de Maupin 20 August 1729 4 June 1735Governor-general of the Compagnie des Indes 4 Mahé de La Bourdonnais 4 June 1735 23 March 1746 Didier de Saint-MartinActing for La Bourdonnais 20 March 1740 14 August 1741 Didier de Saint-MartinActing for La Bourdonnais 14 August 1741 18 December 1742 Didier de Saint-MartinActing 23 March 1746 6 October 1746 5 Pierre Félix Barthélemy David 6 October 1746 10 February 1753 6 Jean-Baptiste Charles Bouvet de Lozier 10 February 1753 3 December 1755 7 René Magon de la Villebague 3 December 1755 4 November 1759 8 Antoine Marie Desforges-Boucher 4 November 1759 14 July 1767Governor-general of the Mascarene Islands 9 Jean-Daniel Dumas 14 July 1767 27 November 1768 Jean Guillaume SteinauerActing 27 November 1768 6 June 1769 10 François Julien du Dresnay 6 June 1769 23 August 1772 11 Charles-Henri-Louis d'Arsac de Ternay 23 August 1772 2 December 1776 12 Antoine de Guiran, chevalier de La Brillanne 2 December 1776 28 April 1779 Joseph Murinais, comte de Saint-MauriceActing 28 April 1779 30 April 1779 François, vicomte de SouillacActing 1 May 1779 30 January 1780 13 François, vicomte de Souillac 30 January 1780 3 November 1787 Camille Charles Leclerc, Chevalier de FresneActing for Souillac 5 April 1785 28 June 1785 François de FleuryActing for Souillac 28 June 1785 7 November 1785 14 Antoine Bruni d'Entrecasteaux 5 November 1787 14 November 1789 15 Thomas Conway 14 November 1789 29 July 1790 Dominique Prosper de ChermontActing 29 July 1790 19 August 1790 David Charpentier de CossignyActing 19 August 1790 18 June 1792 16 Anne Joseph Hippolyte de Maurès, Comte de Malartic 18 June 1792 28 July 1800 17 François Louis Magallon de la Morlière 28 July 1800 3 February 1803 18 Charles Mathieu Isidore Decaen 26 September 1803 3 December 1810Prefect 19 Louis Léger 26 September 1803 3 December 1810

See also Governor of Mauritius

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