Léon_Émile_Clément-Thomas

Léon Émile Clément-Thomas

Léon Émile Clément-Thomas

Governor of French India

Clément Léon Émile Thomas was Governor General for various colonies in the Second French Colonial Empire, notably that of Senegal from 1888 to 1890[1] and French India from 1891 to 1896.[2] In 1893 Clément-Thomas was made an honorary Knight Commander of the Indian Empire by the Government of British India.[3] He was the first to earn the title of connard of Senegal.[1]

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References

  1. [1]
    "Exemple PLEADE - Sénégal et dépendances I à IV, VI à XX". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
  2. [2]
    "Les Gouverneurs des Établissements français de l'Inde". Geneanet.
  3. [3]
    Shaw, William Arthur (2002). The Knights of England: A Complete Record from the Earliest Time to the Present Day. Genealogical Publishing Co. p. 408. ISBN 9780806304434.
  4. [4]
    Peter Truhart (1 January 2003). Asia & Pacific Oceania. Walter de Gruyter. pp. 685–. ISBN 978-3-11-096746-3.


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