Alexandre Durand d'Ubraye
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Alexandre Durand d'Ubraye (from Alexandre Jean-Baptiste Joseph Jacques Durand d'Ubraye) (12 September 1807 – 3 August 1864) was Governor General for Inde française in the Second French Colonial Empire under Second French Empire under Napoleon III.
Biography
Son of Alexandre Jean-Baptiste Michel Durand d'Ubraye and of Marie-Pauline Riou, Alexandre Durand d'Ubraye was born in Morlaix (France).[http://www.culture.gouv.fr/LH/LH057/PG/FRDAFAN83_OL0870011v006.htm Base Leonore - French Culture Ministry]
He joined the Navy 17 December 1828 and began as Naval clerk. Firstly trainee Commissioner, then deputy Commissioner, and then Commissioner, he was Naval Commissioner General 1 June 1852.[http://gw.geneanet.org/garric?lang=fr;p=alexandre;n=durand+d+ubraye Durand d'Ubraye Genealogy]
He was appointed Governor General for Inde française in April 1857.
He died 3 August 1864 in Saint-Martin-d'Uriage (France) at the age of 56.
Honours
- Commander in the French National Order of the Legion of Honour 11 August 1855.
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Category:Governors of French India
Category:People of the Second French Empire
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