Pierre Antoine Monneron
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Annonay
Annonay is a commune in the north of the Ardèche department in the Rhône-Alpes region in southern France. It is the most populous commune in the Ardèche department, although it is not the capital, which resides in the smaller town of Privas.-Geography:...
, Ardèche
Ardèche
Ardèche is a department in south-central France named after the Ardèche River.- History :The area has been inhabited by humans at least since the Upper Paleolithic, as attested by the famous cave paintings at Chauvet Pont d'Arc. The plateau of the Ardeche River has extensive standing stones ,...
- 8 June 1801, Pamplemousses, Mauritius
Mauritius
Mauritius , officially the Republic of Mauritius is an island nation off the southeast coast of the African continent in the southwest Indian Ocean, about east of Madagascar...
) was a French merchant, banker, writer and politician. He was deputy to the French National Convention for Mauritius
Mauritius
Mauritius , officially the Republic of Mauritius is an island nation off the southeast coast of the African continent in the southwest Indian Ocean, about east of Madagascar...
. His brothers, Joseph François Augustin Monneron
Joseph François Augustin Monneron
Joseph François Augustin Monneron was French banker and politician, as well as an active merchant in New Orleans seeking to reestablish French influence there after the Louisiana purchase. He was deputy for Paris to the Legislative Assembly until retiring from it in 1792...
and Louis Monneron
Louis Monneron
Jean Louis Monneron , known as Monneron des Mortiers or Mortars Monneron, was a French businessman, arms supplier and politician. He supplied arms to Mauritius, becoming so rich he could advance large sums to the Spanish government...
, were also active in French national and colonial politics of the time, whilst his brother Charles Claude Ange Monneron
Charles Claude Ange Monneron
Charles Claude Ange Monneron was a French businessman, banker and politician. He was intendant général of Pondichéry , député to the Estates General of 1789 then to the National Constituent Assembly.-Family:His brother Paul Mérault Monneron was an engineer, and his other...
was an engineer and explorer.