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Joseph d'Honon de Gallifet

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Joseph d'Honon de Gallifet
Governor of Saint-Domingue (acting)
In office
July 1700 – 16 December 1703
Preceded byJean-Baptiste du Casse
Succeeded byCharles Auger
Governor of Guadeloupe (absent)
In office
1703–1706
Preceded byBonnaventure-François de Boisfermé (acting)
Succeeded byRobert Cloche de La Malmaison
Personal details
BornProvence, France
Died1706
Parent(s)Pierre II d'Honon de Galliffet
Marguerite de Bonfils
RelativesAlexandre de Galliffet (brother)
Philippe de Galliffet (brother)
OccupationColonial 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

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