Eugène Desbassayns de Richemont

Eugène Panon Desbassayns de Richemont was born on 29 March 1800 in Paris.

Eugène Desbassayns de Richemont was Governor General of Pondicherry in India between 1826 and 1828.

He was the founder of the Lycée français de Pondichéry (Collège Royal) on 26 October 1826.

In 1839, he donated 15,386 francs for the foundation of a leper colony near Coconut Island.

Desbassayns de Richemont died on 26 June 1859 in Paris.

Marie-Guillemine Benoist , Eglé Desbassayns de Richemont, née Mourgue, with her son Eugène , 1802 ( Metropolitan Museum of Art )