23 Facts About Gustave Ohier

Marie Gustave Hector Ohier was a French admiral who was Acting Governor of Cochinchina from 1868 to 1869.

Marie Gustave Hector Ohier was born in Mondoubleau, Loir-et-Cher, on 5 August 1814.

Gustave Ohier's parents were Antoine Ohier was born on 1787 and and Pauline Dehargne.

Gustave Ohier's father, Antoine Alexandre Marie Ohier, was a cloth merchant.

Gustave Ohier studied at the College de Vendome, then entered the Ecole Navale on 15 September 1830.

Gustave Ohier graduated as a first class pupil on 1 October 1833, and sailed on the Meuse, Castor, Bayonnaise, Sirene and Camille.

Gustave Ohier participated in the French blockade of the Rio de la Plata and the capture of the fortified Martin Garcia Island between Argentina and Uruguay.

Gustave Ohier was made lieutenant de vaisseau in 1843 and was assigned to the Labrador.

Gustave Ohier was then aide-de-camp to Admiral Abel Aubert du Petit-Thouars in Toulon until 1848.

Gustave Ohier commanded the Sentinelle from 1850 to 1852 in Constantinople.

Gustave Ohier was appointed capitaine de fregate on 17 August 1852, was made second in command of the Freidland in 1853 and took part in the Crimean War.

Gustave Ohier directed the naval batteries during the Siege of Sevastopol.

Gustave Ohier was promoted to capitaine de vaisseau in 1855 and commanded the Suffren, the gunners' training ship, and then the Toulon Division des Equipages.

Gustave Ohier was made a Commander of the Legion of Honour in 1860, and was awarded the Grand Cross of Cambodia.

On 2 December 1864 Gustave Ohier was promoted to contre-amiral and commanded the Ville-de-Paris and the Solferino, both battleships.

Gustave Ohier was recalled from Japan to become Acting Governor of Cochinchina in place of La Grandiere, who had fallen ill and had to return to France.

Gustave Ohier was acting governor from 4 April 1868 to 10 December 1869.

In 1868 Gustave Ohier founded the Documentation Library of the Government of Cochinchina, which would become the General Sciences Library of Ho Chi Minh City.

Gustave Ohier signed the Treaty of the West Mekong on 25 August 1869, but was unable to persuade the emperor of Vietnam to confirm French rule over the three provinces they had seized.

Gustave Ohier attended the informal opening of the new Palais du Gouverneur, Saigon, on 25 September 1869, which Hermitte had designed.

Gustave Ohier fell ill and had to return to France at the start of 1870.

Gustave Ohier was succeeded as acting governor of Cochinchina on 10 December 1869 by Joseph Faron, who held office until Alphonse de Cornulier-Luciniere arrived to assume the governorship.

Gustave Ohier died on 30 November 1870 in Saint-Louis, near Fayence, Var.