Léon Émile Clément-Thomas

Clément Léon Émile Thomas was Governor General for various colonies in the Second French Colonial Empire, notably that of Senegal from 1888 to 1890^[1] and French India from 1891 to 1896.^[2] In 1893 Clément-Thomas was made an honorary Knight Commander of the Indian Empire by the Government of British India.^[3] He was the first to earn the title of connard of Senegal.^[1]

Titles Held

Government offices
Preceded by Alexandre Le Maitre	Governor General of Madagascar 1888–1889	Succeeded by Furcy Augustin Armanet
Preceded by Jules Genouille	Governor General of Sénégal 22 September 1890–19 May 1895	Succeeded by Henri Félix de Lamothe
Preceded by Louis Hippolyte Marie Nouet	Gouverneur Général de l'Inde française 1891–1896[4]	Succeeded by Louis Jean Girod

References

1. "Exemple PLEADE - Sénégal et dépendances I à IV, VI à XX". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
2. "Les Gouverneurs des Établissements français de l'Inde". Geneanet.
3. Shaw, William Arthur (2002). The Knights of England: A Complete Record from the Earliest Time to the Present Day. Genealogical Publishing Co. p. 408. ISBN 9780806304434.
4. Peter Truhart (1 January 2003). Asia & Pacific Oceania. Walter de Gruyter. pp. 685–. ISBN 978-3-11-096746-3.