Charles de Brunier, Marquis de Larnage

Charles de Brunier (1687-November 1746) was the governor of Marie-Galante in 1714 then served as governor of French Grenada from 1727 to 1734 and then the governor-general of Haiti from 1737 until his death in 1746. He is mentioned on the West wall of the museum of the permanent museum of colonies and is even described as the “father of the colony”.

He wrote a book with Simon-Pierre Maillart (or Maillard) a few months before his death called “Ordonnance des Administrateurs, concernant les Négres-Epaves. Du 2 Juillet 1745”

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