Jean-Pierre Lacombe-Saint-Michel

In 1789, he took part in the storming of the Bastille, but as marshal de Broglie did not have confidence in him he was sent back to Tarn, where he was elected to an administrative post.

[2][1] Next he was sent to Corsica, where he arrived on 6 April 1793 and manage to defeat Pasquale Paoli at the battle of Farinole.

With the rank of Divisional General when he completed his term on the Council on 13 February 1798, Lacombe-Saint-Michel was sent to Naples, but spoke in such an undiplomatic and pro-Republican way to Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies that he was asked to leave the kingdom.

During his brief term of office he established a Commission for the Arts and Sciences to assemble a library of all the collections from religious houses that had been suppressed.

[6] In August 1810 poor health ended his career, after seventeen campaigns, and he was replaced as governor by Maurice Matthieu.