Person
Marquis de Bussy-Castelnau
Governor General of the French colony of Pondicherry
Charles Joseph Patissier, Marquis de Bussy-Castelnau (1718 – January 7, 1785) or Charles Joseph Patissier de Bussy is the Governor General of the French colony of Pondicherry from 1783 to 1785.
He serves with distinction under Joseph François Dupleix in the East Indies, receiving the Order of Saint Louis.
He contributes to the recovery from Britain of Pondicherry in 1748, and is named in 1782 to lead all French military forces beyond the Cape of Good Hope.
He coordinates his operations with Pierre André de Suffren and fights with distinction against the numerically superior British during the Indian campaigns of the American War of Independence.