Claude de Roux de Saint-Laurent
Claude de Roux, chevalier de Saint-Laurent (or Saint-Laurens; died March 1689) was a French soldier, a chevalier of the Knights Hospitaller, who was governor of the colony of Saint Christophe on Saint Christopher Island from 1666 to 1689. He took office in the Second Anglo-Dutch War (1665–67), when the French expelled the English from the island, and left office early in the Nine Years' War (1688–97), when the English expelled the French from the island.
Claude de Roux, chevalier de Saint-Laurent | |
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| Governor of Saint Christophe | |
| In office April 1666 – February 1689 | |
| Preceded by | Charles de Sales |
| Succeeded by | Charles de Pechpeyrou-Comminges de Guitaut |
| Governor general of the French Antilles (acting) | |
| In office March 1683 – June 1684 | |
| Preceded by | Charles de Courbon de Blénac |
| Succeeded by | Charles de Courbon de Blénac |
| Governor of Martinique (interim) | |
| In office February 1689 – 31 March 1689 | |
| Preceded by | Charles de Pechpeyrou-Comminges de Guitaut |
| Succeeded by | Nicolas de Gabaret |
| Personal details | |
| Died | March 1689 Martinique |
| Nationality | French |
| Occupation | Colonial administrator |
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