GALLOIS-MONTBRUN, Joseph Armand. Monaco 19.3.1793 — Nice 21.12.1875. French Colonial Officer. Son of Pierre Alexandre G.-M. and Jeanne de Montalembert. Served in Martinique (1833), Pondichéry, and Réunion. Légion d’honneur 1856. Finally archivist of Alpes-Maritimes. Married Bathilde Laforest (d.?), Chantal Montbrun (d. 1844) and 1846 Gabrielle Parizet, two sons (with first and third wife).

Publications: Notice sur la Chronique en langue tamile, et sur la vie d’Ananda-Rangapillei. 16 p. Pondichéry 1849.

– Compte-rendu des réformes introduites dans le système de contribution foncière et le régime territorial de l’Établissement de Pondichéry. 76 p. Pondichéry 1857.

– Also wrote on French history.

Sources: geneanet.org; data.bnf.fr.