Léonard Charner
Former Governor of French Cochinchina
Léonard Victor Joseph Charner was an Admiral of the French Navy. As a commander of French naval forces in Asia from May 1860 to September 1861, including the Second Opium War and the Cochinchina campaign, he was a significant participant in the... Wikipedia
Born: February 13, 1797, Saint-Brieuc, France
Died: February 7, 1869 (age 71 years), Paris, France
Previous offices: Governor of French Cochinchina (1861–1861) and Representative of Côtes-du-Nord (1849–1851)