Joseph Cordier

Joseph Cordier was born on 1773.^[1] He was Acting Governor General of Pondicherry twice from 1825 to 1826 and from 1828 to 1829. He entered the French Navy in 1788 as a volunteer cadet, eventing rising the ranks to become harbour captain in Pondicherry in 1814.^[2]

Titles

Government offices
Preceded by André Julien, Comte Dupuy	Gouverneur Général de l'Inde française (Acting) October 1825 – 19 June 1826	Succeeded by Eugène Desbassayns de Richemont
Preceded by Eugène Desbassayns de Richemont	Gouverneur Général de l'Inde française (Acting) 14 August 1828 – 11 April 1829	Succeeded by Auguste Jacques Nicolas Peureux de Mélay

References

^ "Joseph Cordier (1773-1837)". data.bnf.fr.
^ Jacquemont, Victor (1896). Nouvelle correspondance inédite avec le capitaine de vaisseau Joseph Cordier, administrateur des établissements français au Bengale, 1830-1832 (in French). A. Colin. p. 4. Retrieved 21 November 2024.

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[1] "Joseph Cordier (1773-1837)". data.bnf.fr.

[2] Jacquemont, Victor (1896). Nouvelle correspondance inédite avec le capitaine de vaisseau Joseph Cordier, administrateur des établissements français au Bengale, 1830-1832 (in French). A. Colin. p. 4. Retrieved 21 November 2024.

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