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'''Guillaume Léonard de Bellecombe''' (20 February 1728&nbsp;– 28 February 1792) was Governor General of [[Réunion]], [[Saint-Domingue]] and [[Puducherry (union territory)|Pondichéry]], and a [[French First Republic|Republican]] revolutionary. According to most accounts he was born in 1728 in [[France]].<br />
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Bellecombe engaged to Royal Roussillon and took part in French military expeditions overseas of the 2nd part of the 18th century. He had his last battles in [[New France]] (1755–1760) and a surprise expedition at [[St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador|St. John's]], [[Colony of Newfoundland|Newfoundland]] in 1762. He opposed the English everywhere, whether on the seas, or in the American continent, or in the [[Indies]]. <br />
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He was Governor of [[Saint-Domingue]] at the end of his career (1781–1785). The Bellecombe helped start the revolution of the slaves which broke out soon in 1791. This event led to the creation of the Republic of [[Haiti]] in 1804.<br />
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Bellecombe retired to [[France]] in 1792 and died in the same year.<br />
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==Stages of life==<br />
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Bellecomb was born February 20, 1728, in the hamlet of “Bellecombe”, in the commune of [[Perville]].<br />
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He spent his youth in [[France]]. He entered the regiment of infantry of the Royal Roussillon Regiment in 1747. On March 30, 1755 he reached the rank of adjutant and on September 1, 1755 attained the rank of [[Captain (land and air)|captain]].<br />
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He served as adjutant during the [[French and Indian War]] in [[Canada, New France|Canada]] from 1756 to 1760. He became a [[Lieutenant-Colonel]] in 1761, and in 1762 he was second in command during the Newfoundland expedition and was wounded during the [[Battle of Signal Hill]].<br />
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He was promoted to [[colonel]] on December 1, 1762.<br />
In 1763 he was adjutant in [[Martinique]].<br />
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For 1767 to 1774, Ordering in Isle Bourbon (La Réunion), [[Sergeant]] in 1770.<br />
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He married Angelique de Galaup de Marès.<br />
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In 1776 he was Commander Général in India, and Governor of [[Puducherry (union territory)|Pondichéry]]. In 1778, when the [[American War of Independence]] reached India, Bellecombe was compelled to surrender Pondichéry to British forces after [[Siege of Pondicherry (1778)|ten weeks of siege]].<br />
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He received the rank of [[Brigadier]] and the decoration of Commander of [[Order of Saint Louis|Saint-Louis]].<br />
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On July 13, 1781 he became Governor of Saint Domingue ([[Haiti]]). On August 25, 1783 he received the Grand Cross of [[Order of Saint Louis|Saint-Louis]].<br />
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He spent 1785 to 1792 in retirement in France.<br />
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==References==<br />
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==Further reading==<br />
*H. de BELLECOMBE, ''Essai Biographique sur Guillaume Léonard de Bellecombe,'' Agen, 1895.<br />
*Myriam-Idelette GARNIER, ''Histoire d’une famille protestante et de ses alliances en Périgord – Quercy – Dordogne,'' Poitiers, 1990.<br />
*André de VISME, ''Terre-Neuve 1762 : Dernier combat aux portes de la Nouvelle-France,'' Montréal, 2005. {{ISBN|2-9808847-0-7}}<br />
*André de VISME, ''Québec 1759 : Bellecombe, officier blessé, prisonnier des Anglais,'' Montréal, 2009. {{ISBN|2-9808847-1-5}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.bellecombe.info/ Bellecombe]<br />
*[http://www.terre-neuve-1762.info/ Newfoundland-1762]<br />
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{{Succession box| before= Martin Adrien Bellier | title=Governor General of [[Réunion]] | after=Jean-Guillaume Steinauer | years= 4 November 1767&ndash;4 October 1773}}<br />
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{{Succession box| before= [[Jean Law de Lauriston]] | title=[[Gouverneur Général de l'Inde française]]| after=Charles Joseph Pâtissier, [[Marquis de Bussy-Castelnau]] | years=January 1777&ndash;1782}}<br />
{{Succession box| before= Jean-Baptiste de Taste de Lilancour<br>(Acting)| title=Governor General of [[Haiti]] | after=Gui Pierre de Coustard<br>(Acting)| years=14 February 1782&ndash;3 July 1785}}<br />
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