Maximin de Bompart

Maximin de Bompart, Marquis de Bompard (1698–1773) was a French naval officer and colonial administrator who served as governor general of the French Antilles between 1750 and 1757. In 1751 he was in correspondence with the King’s lieutenant of Grenada Pierre-Claude Bonvoust d’Aulnay de Prulay regarding de Prulay’s son’s appointment to a position in the Marine guards. In 1759 he led a French naval force attempting to relieve Guadeloupe which was under attack from British forces during the Seven Years' War. However he landed on Guadeloupe too late to save the island which had formally surrendered on 1 May 1759. Reluctantly Bompart was forced to withdraw and acknowledge British occupation of the island.