Jacques Dyel du Parquet
(1606-1658)
French colonial governor and slave plantations owner
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Jacques Dyel du Parquet (1606 – 3 January 1658) was a French soldier who was one of the first governors of Martinique. He was appointed governor of the island for the Compagnie des Îles de l'Amérique in 1636, a year after the first French settlement had been established. In 1650 he purchased Martinique, Grenada and Saint Lucia. He did much to develop Martinique as a colony, including introduction of sugarcane.
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1606 Pays de Caux, France
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3 January 1658 (aged 51) Saint-Pierre, Martinique
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