Gabriel-Jean Nicolas Gabaret de Saint-Sornin | |
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Governor of Grenada | |
In office 1680–1689 | |
Preceded by | Jacques de Chambly |
Succeeded by | Louis Ancelin de Gemostat |
Governor of Martinique | |
In office 1689 – June 1711 | |
Preceded by | Claude de Roux de Saint-Laurent |
Succeeded by | Jean-Pierre de Charitte |
Governor general of the French Antilles (acting) | |
In office 17 September 1702 – 4 March 1703 | |
Preceded by | Charles de Pechpeyrou-Comminges de Guitaut |
Succeeded by | Charles-François de Machault de Belmont |
Governor general of the French Antilles (acting) | |
In office 7 January 1709 – 1710 | |
Preceded by | Charles-François de Machault de Belmont |
Succeeded by | Raymond Balthazar Phélypeaux |
Governor of Saint-Domingue | |
In office 24 May 1711 – 25 June 1712 | |
Preceded by | Laurent de Valernod |
Succeeded by | Paul-François de La Grange d'Arquian |
Personal details | |
Born | Saint-Martin-de-Ré, Charente-Maritime, France | 18 August 1641
Died | 25 June 1712 | (aged 70)
Occupation | Colonial administrator |
Gabriel-Jean Nicolas Gabaret de Saint-Sornin (18 August 1641 – 25 June 1712) was a French colonial official who was governor of Grenada in the French West Indies, and then for over twenty years was governor of Martinique. He was deputy to the governor general of the French Antilles, and was twice acting governor general of the French Antilles. In his last year he was governor of Saint-Domingue