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| 1650 - 1807 English Fort William at Ouidah. 1671 - 1797 French Fort St. Louis at Ouidah. 23 Feb 1863 - 2 Jan 1865 Porto-Novo a French protectorate. 19 May 1878 Cotonou a French protectorate (attached to Gabon), merged with Porto-Novoprotectoratein 1883. 14 Apr 1882 Porto-Novo a French protectorate. 5 Aug 1885 - 22 Dec 1887 Portugal declares a protectorate over Dahomey (with no effect). 1886 French Establishments in the Gulf of Benin (Établissements Français du Golfe de Benin); subordinated to Senegal to 1 Aug 1889. 3 Dec 1892 French annex Whydah (Ouidah). 22 Jun 1893 Porto-Novo a French colony. 20 Jan 1894 Dahomey a French protectorate. 22 Jun 1894 Dahomey colony, including Porto Novo. 17 Oct 1899 Part of French West Africa (seeSenegal). 24 Jun 1911 Dahomey colony and Dependencies 16 Jun 1940 - 23 Nov 1942 Administration loyal to Vichy France (from 23 Nov 1942 [under Darlan to 24 Dec 1942], Free French). 27 Oct 1946 Dahomey an overseas territory of France. 6 Dec 1958 Autonomy (Republic of Dahomey [République du Dahomey]). 6 Dec 1958 - 1 Aug 1960 Member state of theCommunauté(French Community). 31 Jul 1960 Dahomey acceded to sovereignty and independence 1 Aug 1960 Independence from France is proclaimed in Porto Novo. 2 Dec 1975 People's Republic of Benin(République Populaire du Bénin)(retrospectively effective to 30 Nov 1975). 1 Mar 1990 Republic of Benin (République du Bénin).
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Secretary of the Popular Revolutionary (Communist) Party of Benin (PRBP) 30 Nov 1975 - 28 Feb 1990 Mathieu Kérékou (b. 1933 - d. 2015) ("leading role" of the party abolished 8 Dec 1989)
- French Agent at Whydah
- 23 Feb 1863 - 2 Jan 1865 Marius Denis Célestin Daumas (d. 1894)
- French Consuls at Cotonou
- 19 Apr 1878 - 1881 Albert Richard Ardin d'Elteil (b. 1843 - d. 1894)
- 1881 - 1883 Victor Bareste (b. 1835 - d. 1889)
- Residents in Porto-Novo
- Jun 1882 - 14 May 1883 Bonaventure Colonna de Leca (b. 1841 - d. 1883)
- 1883 - Jul 1883 Henri Guilmin (Guillemin)
- (provisional)
- Jul 1883 - Sep 1883 Henri Joseph Masseron (interim) (b. 1848 - d. 1888)
- Sep 1883 - Feb 1884 Daniel Germa (d. 1884)
- Mar 1884 - Jul 1884 Léopold Maignot (Meignot)(acting)
- Ju1 1884 - 1886 Charles Disnematin-Dorat (b. 1826 - d. 1898)
- 1886 Émmanuel Roget (b. 1856 - d. 1903)
- 1886 - 6 Mar 1887 Jean-Marie Bayol (b. 1849 - d. 1905)
- 6 Mar 1887 - 16 Jun 1887 Gentien Antoine Victor Pereton (b. 1845 - d. ....)
- (provisional)
- 16 Jun 1887 - 11 Jul 1888 Victor Marie Paul Ballot (b. 1855 - d. 1917)
- (1st time)
- Nov 1888 - May 1889 Paul Alphonse Frédéric Marie de (b. 1846 - d. 1915)
- Ghislain Raoul, baron de
- Beeckman -Administrator
- 1889 - 19 Oct 1889 Louis Frédéric Émile Tautain (b. 1855 - d. 1904)
- 19 Oct 1889 - 22 Dec 1891 Victor Marie Paul Victor Ballot (s.a.)
- (2nd time)
- Lieutenant-governor
- 22 Dec 1891 - 22 Jun 1894 Victor Marie Paul Victor Ballot (s.a.)
- Governors
- 22 Jun 1894 - 3 Jul 1899 Victor Marie Paul Victor Ballot (s.a.)
- 3 Jul 1899 - 8 Oct 1899 Jean-Baptiste Fonssagrives (b. 1862 - d. 1910)
- (acting)
- 8 Oct 1899 - 26 Nov 1900 Pierre Hubert Auguste Pascal (b. 1861 - d. 1946)
- (acting)
- 26 Nov 1900 - 5 May 1906 Victor Théophile Liotard (b. 1858 - d. 1916)
- 30 Jun 1902 - Oct 1902 Charles Emmanuel Joseph Marchal (b. 1855 - d. 1917)
- (acting for Liotard)
- 1 Sep 1903 - 15 Jan 1904 Eugène Louis Frédéric Décazes (b. 1844 - d. 1913)
- (acting for Liotard)
- 15 Jan 1904 - 28 Jun 1904 Antoine Julien Oscar Penel (b. 1843 - d. 1908)
- (acting for Liotard)
- 5 May 1906 - 9 Jun 1906 Joseph Étienne Gabriel Lhuerre (b. 1855 - d. 1923)
- (acting)
- 9 Jun 1906 - 8 Mar 1908 Charles Emmanuel Joseph Marchal (s.a.)
- (acting to 16 Jul 1906)
- 8 Mar 1908 - 22 Sep 1908 Marie Antoine Edmond Gaudart (b. 1859 - d. 1942)
- (acting)
- 22 Sep 1908 - 9 Oct 1908 Charles Désiré Auguste Brunet (b. 1878 - d. 1957)
- (acting)
- 9 Oct 1908 - 25 Apr 1909 Jean Jules Émile Peuvergne (b. 1849 - d. 1916)
- 25 Apr 1909 - 6 Mar 1911 Henri Jules Jean Baptiste Malan (b. 1869 - d. 1912)
- 29 Jun 1909 - 10 Feb 1910 Raphaël Valentin Marius Antonetti (b. 1872 - d. 1938)
- (acting for Malan)
- 6 Mar 1911 - 24 Jun 1911 Raphaël Valentin Marius Antonetti (s.a.)
- 24 Jun 1911 - 9 May 1912 Émile Joseph Merwart (b. 1869 - d. 1960)
- Lieutenant-governors
- 9 May 1912 - 7 Apr 1917 Charles Henri Adrien Noufflard (b. 1872 - d. 1936)
- (acting to 11 Jul 1912)
- 7 Apr 1917 - 29 Aug 1928 Gaston Léopold Joseph Fourn (b. 1868 - d. 1952)
- (acting to Jul 1919)
- 1 May 1921 - 28 Feb 1922 Pierre Amable Chapon-Baissac (b. 1876 – d. af.1934)
- (acting for Fourn)
- 1 Apr 1924 - 26 Nov 1924 Alphonse Paul Albert Choteau (b. 1883 - d. 1936)
- (acting for Fourn)
- 29 Aug 1928 - 4 Apr 1929 Lucien Eugène Geay (acting) (b. 1900 - d. 1976)
- 4 Apr 1929 - 8 Feb 1931 Dieudonné François Joseph Marie (b. 1879 - d. 1976)
- Reste
- 8 Feb 1931 - 7 Jan 1932 Théophile Antione Pascal Tellier (b. 1872 - d. 1955)
- 7 Jan 1932 - 2 Aug 1932 Louis Placide Blacher (b. 1883 - d. 1960)
- 2 Aug 1932 - 22 Jul 1933 Louis Aujas (acting) (b. 1876 - d. 1962)
- 22 Jul 1933 - 24 Aug 1934 Jules Marcel de Coppet (b. 1881 - d. 1968)
- 24 Aug 1934 - 15 Feb 1935 Jean Hyacinthe de Santi (acting) (b. 1899 - d. 1944)
- 15 Feb 1935 - 12 Jan 1937 Maurice Léon Bourgine (b. 1879 - d. 1963)
- 22 Sep 1935 - 1936 Jean Hyacinthe de Santi (s.a.)
- (acting for Bourgine)
- 12 Jan 1937 - 7 Aug 1937 Henri Étienne Martinet (1st time) (b. 1896 - d. 1941)
- (acting)
- 7 Aug 1937 - 7 Apr 1938 Ernest Gayon (acting)
- 7 Apr 1938 - 1 Jun 1938 Henri Étienne Martinet (2nd time) (s.a.)
- (acting)
- 1 Jun 1938 - 27 Aug 1940 Armand Léon Annet (b. 1888 - d. 1973)
- 27 Aug 1940 - 18 Sep 1940 Pierre JeanAndréSaliceti (b. 1893 - d. 1946)
- (acting)
- 18 Sep 1940 - 26 Aug 1943 Léon Hippolyte Truitard (b. 1885 - d. 1972)
- 26 Aug 1943 - 21 May 1946 Charles André Maurice Assier (b. 1889 - d. 1952)
- de Pompignan
- 21 May 1946 - 13 Oct 1946 Robert Alfred Legendre (acting) (b. 1891 - d. 19..)
- Governors
- 13 Oct 1946 - 14 Jan 1948 Robert Alfred Legendre (acting) (s.a.)
- 14 Jan 1948 - 13 Jan 1949 Jean Georges Chambon (b. 1896 - d. 1965)
- 13 Jan 1949 - 19 Sep 1949 Jacques Alphonse Boissier (b. 1910 - d. 1967)
- 19 Sep 1949 - Nov 1951 Claude Valluy (acting)
- Nov 1951 - 21 Jun 1955 Charles Henri Bonfils (b. 1908 - d. 2001)
- 21 Jun 1955 - 21 Mar 1958 Marc Casimir Biros (b. 1905 - d. 1995)
- 21 Mar 1958 - 15 Jul 1958 Bernard Hepp (acting) (b. 1919 - d. 1986)
- 15 Jul 1958 - 4 Dec 1958 René Tirant (acting) (b. 1907 - d. 1978)
- High commissioner
- 4 Dec 1958 - 1 Aug 1960 René Tirant (s.a.)
- Presidents
- 30 Jul 1960 - 27 Oct 1963 Coutoucou Hubert Maga (1st time) (b. 1916 - d. 2000) RDD;1960 PDU
- (Chief of State, Prime minister to 31 Dec 1960)
- 27 Oct 1963 - 28 Oct 1963 Provisional Government
- - Coutoucou Hubert Maga (s.a.) PDU
- -Joseph Sourou Migan Marcellin (b. 1913 - d. 1989) PR
- Apithy
- - Justin Ahomadégbé-Tomêtin (b. 1917 - d. 2002) UDD
- 28 Oct 1963 - 25 Jan 1964 Christophe Soglo (1st time) (b. 1909 - d. 1983) Mil
- (Head of Provisional Government)
- 25 Jan 1964 - 29 Nov 1965 Joseph Sourou Migan Marcellin (s.a.) PDD
- Apithy
- 29 Nov 1965 - 22 Dec 1965 Tahirou Congacou (b. 1913 - d. 1976) PDD
- 22 Dec 1965 - 17 Dec 1967 Christophe Soglo (2nd time) (s.a.) Mil
- 17 Dec 1967 - 21 Dec 1967 Iropa Maurice Kouandété (1st time) (b. 1932 - d. 2003) Mil
- (Chief of State)
- 21 Dec 1967 - 17 Jul 1968 Alphonse Amadou Alley (b. 1930 - d. 1987) Mil
- (Chief of State)
- 17 Jul 1968 - 10 Dec 1969 Émile Derlin Henri Zinsou (b. 1918 - d. 2016) Non-party
- 10 Dec 1969 - 12 Dec 1969 Iropa Maurice Kouandété (2nd time) (s.a.) Mil
- (Chief of Staff of the Army)
- 12 Dec 1969 - 7 May 1970 Paul-Émile de Souza (b. 1931 - d. 1999) Mil
- (president of the Directory)
- 7 May 1970 - 7 May 1972 Coutoucou Hubert Maga (2nd time) (s.a.) Non-party
- (president of Presidential Council)
- 7 May 1972 - 26 Oct 1972 Justin Ahomadégbé-Tomêtin (s.a.) Non-party
- (president of Presidential Council)
- 26 Oct 1972 - 4 Apr 1991 Mathieu Kérékou¹ (1st time) (s.a.) Mil;1975 PRPB
- 4 Apr 1991 - 4 Apr 1996 Nicéphore Dieudonné Soglo (b. 1934) 1992: PRB
- 4 Apr 1996 - 6 Apr 2006 Mathieu Kérékou (2nd time) (s.a.) FARD
- 6 Apr 2006 - 6 Apr 2016 Thomas Boni Yayi (b. 1952) Non-party
- 6 Apr 2016 - Patrice Athanase Guillaume Talon (b. 1958) Non-party
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- Vice President of the Government Council
- 25 May 1957 - 26 Jul 1958 Joseph Sourou Migan Marcellin (s.a.) PR
- Apithy
- Prime ministers
- 26 Jul 1958 - 22 May 1959 JosephSourou Migan Marcellin (s.a.) PR;1959 PPD
- Apithy
- (to 4 Dec 1958, president of the government council;
- then president of the provisional government)
- 22 May 1959 - 31 Dec 1960 Coutoucou Hubert Maga (s.a.) RDD;1960 PDU
- 31 Dec 1960 - 25 Jan 1964 Post abolished
- 25 Jan 1964 - 29 Nov 1965 Justin Ahomadegbé-Tomêtin (s.a.) PDD
- 29 Nov 1965 - 21 Dec 1967 Post abolished
- 21 Dec 1967 - 17 Jul 1968 Iropa Maurice Kouandété (s.a.) Mil
- 17 Jul 1968 - 12 Mar 1990 Post abolished
- 12 Mar 1990 - 4 Apr 1991 Nicéphore Dieudonné Soglo (interim)(s.a.) Non-party
- 4 Apr 1991 - 9 Apr 1996 Vacant
- 9 Apr 1996 - 14 May 1998 Adrien Houngbédji (b. 1942) PRD
- 14 May 1998 - 28 May 2011 Post abolished
- 28 May 2011 - 11 Aug 2013 Pascal Irénée Koupaki (b. 1951) UDBN
- 11 Aug 2013 - 18 Jun 2015 Post abolished
- 18 Jun 2015 - 6 Apr 2016 Lionel Zinsou (b. 1954) FCBE
- 6 Apr 2016 - Post abolished
¹Name change to Ahmed Kérékou announced 28 Sep 1980, but officially denied. Talks continue between Benin and Togo on funding the Adjrala hydroelectric dam on the Mona River; Benin retains a border dispute with Burkina Faso around the town of Koualou; location of Benin-Niger-Nigeria tripoint is unresolved. Party abbreviations:FARD = Front d'Action pour le Rénouveau et le Développement (Action Front for Renewal and Development, socialist democratic, est.1994);FCBE= Forces Cauris pour un Bénin Emergent (Cowry Forces for an Emerging Benin, liberal, centrist, pro-Yayi Boni, est.2006);PRB = Parti de la Renaissance du Bénin (Party for Renaissance of Benin, liberal, N. Soglo personalist to 2017, est.Mar 1992);PRD = Parti du Rénouveau Démocratique (Democratic Renewal Party,Houngbédji personalist,est.1990);UDBN= Union pour le Développement d'un Bénin Nouveau (Union for the Development of a New Benin, 2015 renamed Union Démocratique pour un Benin Nouveau [Democratic Union for a New Benin], presidential movement, est.3 Oct 2010);Mil = Military; - Former parties:ADD= AllianceDémocratiqueDahoméenne (Dahomeyan Democratic Alliance,J. Ahomadégbé personalist,UDD successor, 10Dec - 22 Dec 1965); PDD = Parti DémocratiqueDahoméen(Dahomeyan Democratic Party, sole legal party, African nationalist, mainly ethnic Yoruba-Nago & Fon-Adja, south and central regionalist, merger of PR and UDD, 1963-22 Dec 1965); PDU= Parti Dahoméen de l'Unité(Unity Party of Dahomey, state party, African nationalist, republicanism, merger of PR and RDD,Nov 1960-1963);PND= Parti des Nationalistes du Dahomey (Nationalist's Party of Dahomey, S.M. Apithy personalist, Yorua and Nago based, Feb 1960-Nov 1960, merged into PDU);PPD= Parti ProgressisteDahoméen (Dahomeyan Progressive Party, anti-Ahomadégbé, merger of PR and MDD, 1958-1959, dissolved); PR = Parti Républicain Dahoméen (Republican Party of Dahomey, S.M. Apithy personalist, Apr 1951-1958, merged into PPD, re-est.1959-Feb 1960, renamedPND); PRPB = Parti de la Révolution Populaire du Bénin (Benin People's Revolutionary Party, Marxist-Leninistto 8 Dec 1989,communist,1975-8 Dec 1989only legal party, 30 Nov1975-30 Apr 1990);RDD = Rassemblement Démocratique Dahoméenn (Dahomeyan Democratic Rally, northern regionalist,H. Maga personalist, Aug1957-1960, merged into PDU);UDD= Union Démocratique Dahoméenne (Dahomeyan Democratic Union, mainly ethnic Fon,J. Ahomadégbé personalist, 1955-11 Apr 1961)
Forte de São João Baptista de Ajudá(Fortress of Saint John the Baptist of Whydah)
1680 Portuguese governor ofSão Tomé and Príncipe establishes a fort in the city of Hweda (in English: Whydah, French: Ouidah, Portuguese: Ajudá). 17.. - 1721 Abandoned. 1721 Fort re-established and named Forte de São João Baptista de Ajudá; subordinated toBrazil until 1821. 1730 - ... UnderCompanhia de Cacheu e Cabo Verde rule. 7 Sep 1822 - 1844 Under the sovereignty of Brazil. 18 Apr 1861 - 6 Mar 1865 Occupied by French missionaries (expelled on 12 Apr 1865). 6 Mar 1865 Fort reclaimed by the Portuguese (subordinated to the governors ofSão Tomé and Príncipe). 1869 - 1872? Abandoned. 29 Apr 1878 Slavery abolished in the Portuguese possessions (by 29 Apr 1858 Portuguese royal decree). 1 Aug 1961 Occupied and annexed by Dahomey (Benin). 1965 Symbolic closure of the fort, its premises becomes home to the Museum of History of Ouidah. 1975 Annexation formally recognized by Portugal.
Directors 1680 - .... Jacinto de Figueiredo Abreu .... - 1721 abandoned 1721 - 1728 Francisco Pereira Mendes 1728 - 1743 João Basílio 1743 - 1746 Martinho de Cunha Barbosa (d. 1746) 1746 Frei Francisco do Espírito Santo (interim) 1746 Francisco Nunes Pereira (usurper) 1746 - 1749 Félix José de Gouveia (1st time) 1749 - 1751 .... [unknown] 1751 Luis Coelho de Brito (d. 1751) 1751 - 1757 Teodósio Rodrigues da Costa 1757 - 1759 António Nunes de Gouveia (interim) 1759 - 1762 Félix José de Gouveia (2nd time) 1762 - 1764 Francisco Xavier da Silveira (d. 1764) 1764 - 1765? José Gomes Gonzaga Neves 1765 - 176. John Reveire 1768? - 1781 Bernardo Azevedo Coutinho 1782 - 1793 Francisco António da Fonseca e (b. 1745 - d. ....) Aragão (acting to 22 Jul 1784; nominally to 1797, but expelled in 1793) 1793 Manuel Lellis e Almeida 1793 - 1796 Francisco Xavier Alves 1796 - 1799 Manuel de Bastos Varela Pinto Pacheco 1799 - 1800 José Ferreira de Araujo (interim) 1800 - 1803 José Joaquim Marques da Graça (interim) 1804 - 1805 Jacinto José de Sousa (d. 1805) 1805 - 1805? Francisco Xavier Rodrigues da Silva 1805? - 1844 Francisco Félix de Sousa (b. 1754 - d. 1849) (acting to 1818) Governors 1844 - 1845 Joaquim José Libanio (d. 1845) 1845 - 4 May 1849 Francisco Félix de Souza (s.a.) 1849 - 18.. Quaresma 1851 Francisco Celestino Elesperch (d. 1851) 1851 - 1852 Isidoro Félix de Souza (b. 1802 - d. 1858) 1852 - 1853 João Justino da Costa 1853 - May 1857 José Pinheiro de Souza May 1857 - Nov 1858 Francisco "Chico" Félix de Souza (b. 1824 - d. 1880) Jun 1859 - 18 Apr 1861 Claudio Lancastre 18 Apr 1861 - 6 Mar 1865 French missionary leaders - Francesco Borghero (b. 1830 - d. 1892) (superior of the apostolic vicariat; 6 May 1861 - 12 Jan 1865) - Philibert Courdioux (b. 1838 - d. 1898) (superior-delegate of Borghero) 1865 - 1868 José Maria Borges de Sequeira 1868 - 1869 Vital de Bettencourt Vasconcellos (b. c.1820 - d. 1870) Corte Real do Canto 1869 - 1872? abandoned 1872 - 187. António Joaquim da Fonseca (b. 1839 - d. 1872) 187. - 1878 Augusto Fructuoso Figueiredo de (b. 1851 - d. 1921) Barros 1878 - 1879 Lourenço da Rocha 1879 - 1881 António José Machado (b. 1852 - d. ....) 1881 - 1883 .... 1883 - 1885 Fernando Gonçalves 1885 Bernardo Francisco Luís da Cruz 1885 José Gomes de Souza 1885 - 1886 Francisco Rego 1886 - 1887 António Domingues Cortez da Silva (b. 1849 - d. 1904) Curado 1887 - 1888 Manuel Francisco Rodrigues Guimaräes 1888 Vicente da Rosa Rolim (1st time) (b. 1848 - d. 1940) 1888 - 1890 Manuel José Ferreira dos Santos (1st time) 1890 Carolino Acácio Cordeiro 1890 - 1893 Vicente da Rosa Rolim (2nd time) (s.a.) 1893 - 189. Manuel José Ferreira dos Santos (2nd time) 1897 - 1898 Campos 1898 - .... Nunes da Aguiar 1900 - 190. António Mendes da Costa 190. - 1905 João de Deus Pires (1st time) (b. 18.. - d. 1938) 1905 - 1906 Joaquim Luís de Carvalho 1906 - 1909 João de Deus Pires (2nd time) (s.a.) 1909 - 1911 Sebastião Lousada 1911 Cândido João de Barros 1911 - 1912 Guilherme Spínola de Melo (b. 1876 - d. 1947) 1912 - 1913 Eduardo Germack Possolo 1913 - 191. Vicente da Rosa Rolim (3rd time) (s.a.) 191. - 1918 .... 1918 Vicente da Rosa Rolim (4th time) (s.a.) 1919 - 1920 José Bento de Oliveira Viegas 1921 - 1928 Viriato Henrique dos Anjos Garcez 1928 - 1931 Joaquim Sinel de Cordes (b. 1890 - d. 1936) 1932 - 1938 Miguel Maria Pupo Correia (1st time) 1938 - 1941 José PimentaSeguradoAvelar (b. 1893 - d. 1941) Machado 1941 - 1942 Jean Louis Bourjac (self-proclaimed; not recognized by Portugal) 1942 - 1944 José Aníbal de Vasconcelos e Sá (b. 1899 - d. 19..) GuerreiroNuno (1st time)(interim) 1944 - 1946 Carlos Alberto de Serpa Soares (b. 1908 - d. 1983) 1946 JoséAníbal deVasconcelos e Sá (s.a.) GuerreiroNuno (2nd time) 1946 - 1951 Miguel Maria Pupo Correia (2nd time) Administrators 1951 - 1954 António João Teles Pereira de Vasconcelos 1954 - 1956 Ernesto António Pereira Enes (b. c.1910 - d. ....) Intendant 1956 - 1 Aug 1961 António Agostinho Saraiva Borges
English Whydah: Fort William
1681 English Fort William at Ouidah (English spelling: Whydah), as dependency of theCape Castle (Gold Coast). May 1716 - 20 Oct 1720 Factory leased to William Baillie and Johnson. 4 May 7219 - 16 Jul 1729 The Hueda occupy Ouidah town. 1745 Fort William (Whydah) independent of Cape Castle (Gold Coast). Feb 1812 Abandoned.
Governors(initially called Factors) May 1681 - Aug 1681 John Thorne (at Offra 1681-83) Aug 1681 - Jul 1682 Arthur Wendover Jul 1682 - 1684 John Winder 1684 - 1688 John Carter 1688 - Feb 1690 Petley Wyborne (d. 1690) 1690 - Apr 1692 John Wortley Apr 1692 - 1693 Edward Jacklin 1693 John Pratt 1693 - 8 Feb 1694 Francis Smith (d. 1694) Feb 1694 - 1699 Josiah Pearson 1700? - 1702? Wilbourne c.1702 - 1704 Peter Duffield Feb 1704 - 1709 Richard Willis (d. 1709) 1709 - 1712 William Hicks Mar 1712 - May 1713 Agents - Hilliard - Green May 1713 - Mar 1715 Joseph Blaney Mar 1715 - Aug 1715 Agents - J. Errington - L. Green Aug 1715 - May 1716 Agents - R. Mason - D. Welsh - W. Bramston May 1716 - Oct 1720 William Baillie + Johnson Oct 1720 - Dec 1720 John Stevenson Jan 1721 - Feb 1724 Ambrose Baldwyn Feb 1724 - Mar 1727 Jeremiah Tinker Mar 1727 - Feb 1728 Abraham Duport Feb 1728 - Mar 1729 Thomas Wilson Jul 1729 - Nov 1729 Charles Testefole (d. 1729) Nov 1729 - Jan 1730 Robert Urquhart(acting) Jan 1730 - Dec 1730 Edward Dean (1st time) May 1730 - Dec 1730 John Brathwaite (joint governor of Cape Castle, in Whydah) Jan 1731 - Jun 1731 Robert Poulter (d. 1731) Jun 1731 - Mar 1733 Edward Dean(2nd time) Mar 1733 - Jul 1734 Charles Whitaker Jul 1734 - Oct 1734 John Wyat (acting as agent) Nov 1734 - Apr 1735 William Whetstone Rogers (d. 1735) Aug 1735 - 1737/38? Alexander Spalding Jun 1738 - Mar 1739 Stephen Lushington Apr 1739 - 1745 Isaac Gregory 1745 - Dec 1745 Arthur Graham Jan 1746 - Dec 1746 Henry Turner (d. 1746) 1747 - Jul 1750 William Devaynes (1st time)(agent)(b. 17.. - d. 1809) Jul 1750 - Jan 1751 Andrew Johnson (d. 1751) Jan 1751 - Sep 1751 Robert Livingstone Sep 1751 - Nov 1752 William Devaynes (2nd time) (s.a.) Nov 1752 - Nov 1753 William Withers Nov 1753 - Aug 1762 William Devaynes (3rd time) (s.a.) Aug 1762 - Feb 1767 William Goodson (d. 1767) Feb 1767 - Apr 1767 Richard Burgess(Burgiss) Apr 1767 - 1770 Archibald Dalzel (b. 1740 - d. 1811) Aug 1770 - Sep 1770 Erasmus Williams (d. 1770) Oct 1770 - Jun 1803 Lionel Abson (b. 17.. - d. 1803) Jun 1803 - Mar 1804 Henry Edward James (acting) Mar 1804 - Jun 1807 Henry Hamilton Jul 1807 - Feb 1812 Frederick James
French Ouidah: Fort St. Louis
1671 - 1797 French Fort Saint-Louis at Ouidah (Fort Saint-Louis, à Juda, Côte de Guinée).
Factors 1671 - 16.. Heinrich Karloff (b. 1621/22 - d. c.1694) (Henrik Carloff [Hendrik Caerloff]) 16.. - 1690's .... c.1690's - 1704 abandoned Directeurs at Fort Saint-Louis, à Juda,Côte de Guinée 1704 - 170. Gommat (or Gommet) 1707 - 1710 Derigouyn 1710 - 1712 Chamois 1712 - Nov 1715 Du Coulombier Nov 1715 - 1722 Bouchel 1722? - 1727? Levesque 1727 - 1729 Houdoyer-Dupetitval (d. 1729) (Hueda prisoner from 29 May 1729) 23 Jul 1729 - 1730 Gallot (interim) 1730 - 1731 Mallet de la Mine 1732 Lavigne (d. 1732) 1732 - 1734 Julien du Belay (d. 1734) 1734 - 1737 Delisle (d. 1737) 1737 - 1742 Laurent 1742 Levens 1742 - 21 Aug 1747 Levet Sep 1747 - Mar 1751 Druno de la Court Mar 1751 - 1755 Jacques Guestard(1st time) (d. 1774) 1755 - c.1758 Dubourdieu 1763 - 1764 Antoine Pruneau de Pommegorge (b. 1720 - d. 1812) 1764 - 5 Jul 1764 Remillat Jul 1764 - Sep 1765 Cuillie 1765 - 1774 Jacques Guestard (2nd time) (s.a.) 1774 - 1775 de Warel 1775 - 1786 Joseph Ollivier de Montaguère (d. c.1793) Jan 1787 - Jul 1789 Pierre Simon Gourg 1789 - 1797 Jean-François Deniau de La Garenne 1797 Pierre Bonon
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