Paul de Nourquer du Camper was Governor General for Inde française in the Second French Colonial Empire during the July Monarchy.
During his period an annual statistics manual was written by Pierre Constant Sicé in 1842, which describes and narrates various situations in Inde française.
Coming from the Breton nobility and great-grandnephew of Dupleix,[1] he is said to have lived in the French trading posts in India before taking refuge in the Philippines where he was for several years, until 1808, the agent in Manila of General Decaen for the supply of food to the Île de France.
[5] Nourquer du Camper then participates from March 1824 to June 1826, to the round-the-world expedition led by Hyacinthe de Bougainville, during which he commanded the corvette L'Espérance.
On this date, he hands over his functions to Captain Gourbeyre to take up the post of Governor of the French establishments in India, which he held from April 28, 1840 until the arrival of his successor Louis Pujol, in November 16, 1844.