Pierre François Lambert Lamoureux de la Gennetière

Pierre François Lambert Lamoureux de la Gennetière (25 September 1740 – 30 June 1796) was a French military officer and Governor of Guiana in 1796.

Biography Pierre François Lambert Lamoureux de la Gennetière was born on 25 September 1740 in Givet, Ardennes, France. He was nephew to the military man and journalist Pierre Nicolas Coste d'Arnobat.

Military career Lamoureux de la Gennetière was an ensign at the Condé infantry regiment on 12 April 1759. He fought in Germany between 1759 and 1762, receiving 5 bullets in his clothing and a bruise on his breast at the Battle of Minden. He became lieutenant at the Condé infantry regiment on 13 March 1760 and then lieutenant of the Condé legion on 21 May 1766. He received a bonus of 300 livres on 17 June 1770. in Cayenne. The post of Governor General of Guiana was then left vacant until 1802.

In total, he had four children.