Henri Benoist
Acadian soldier and Governor General of Guiana
About Henri Benoist
Lived 1736 – 1803 (aged 66).
Henri Benoist (20 October 1736 – 1803), also spelled as Henry, de Benoist and Benoît, was an Acadian military man and Governor General of Guiana.
Biography Henri Benoist was born on 20 October 1736 in Louisbourg, Acadia, New France, to Pierre Benoist and Marie Anne Jacob.
In 1746, Benoist was a cadet at the Colonial Troops of the Île-Royale. On 1 April 1754, he became an ensign. He was employed as an artillery lieutenant on 1 October 1757.
The Civil Commissioneer Guillot and the new Governor General Charles Guillaume Vial d'Alais arrived in Cayenne on 23 September 1792.
He died on 1 April 1803, in Cayenne.
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acadian soldier and Governor General of Guiana
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Henri Benoist was born on 20 October 1736.
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Henri Benoist died on 1 April 1803.
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