Jean Law de Lauriston
Jean Law de Lauriston (born October 5, 1719 in Paris , † July 16, 1797 ibid) was a French colonial officer, nephew of John Law and father of Alexandre-Jacques-Bernard Law de Lauriston . From 1764 to 1777 he was French Governor General in Pondycherry . The name of Lawspet, a district of Puducherry, goes back to Jean Law de Lauriston.
During the armed conflicts in the disintegrating Mughal empire in connection with the Seven Years' War , Lauriston, as commander of the French branch in Kasimbazar, set up a mercenary force of approx. 100 men and 10 guns made up of Europeans, with whom he between 1757 and 1760 in the Yamuna - Ganges estuary operated. The adventurer Walter Reinhardt Sombre also belonged to this group. In 1760 the unit joined Shah Alam II's troops , with whom it remained until they were broken up. Lauriston described his experiences in his main work Mémoires sur quelques affaires de l'Empire Mogol 1756–1761 , which was translated into several languages and reprinted several times.
Lauriston was married and had six sons including:
- Alexandre-Jacques-Bernard Law de Lauriston , French general
Works
- Mémoires sur quelques affaires de l'Empire Mogol 1756–1761 , in "Libraires de la Société de l'histoire des colonies françaises"
- État politique de l'Inde en 1777
literature
- French Visions of Empire: Contesting British Power in India after the Seven Years War , Kenneth Margerison, in: The English Historical Review , Volume 130, Issue 544, 1 June 2015, Pages 583–612
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Jean Law de Lauriston. Bibliothèque nationale de France , accessed on February 13, 2019 (French).
- ^ A b Lenny Hodges, Will Rispin: Feature Archive: The National Archives of India Records Center, Puducherry. In: The Society for the Study of French History. May 13, 2018, accessed February 13, 2019 .
- ^ A b Charles Mullié, Biographie des célébrités militaires des armées de terre et de mer de 1789 à 1850, 1852
- ^ History of the French in India. In: culturalindia.net. Accessed February 13, 2019 .
- ↑ The Imperial Gazetteer of India, Vol. XXII, pp. 105-106. The Clarendon Press , Oxford , 1908, published in the University of Chicago's Digital South Asia Library , 1908, accessed February 13, 2019 .
- ↑ M. Rajivlochan: Opening doors of history. In: Tribune India. September 14, 2014, accessed February 13, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Law de Lauriston, Jean |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French colonial officer in the Mughal Empire |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 5, 1719 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 16, 1797 |
| Place of death | Paris |