Hyacinthe Gaëtan de Lannion
Hyacinthe Gaëtan de Lannion (1719–1762) was a French politician and administrator. From 1735 to 1762 he was the Governor of Vannes in Brittany, a hereditary post he inherited from his father along with the title . In 1756 following France's successful siege of the strategic British base of Minorca he was appointed Governor of Minorca a position he held until 1758 and then again between 1760 and 1762. He died in 1762, and was succeeded in his title by Emmanuel Marie Louis de Noailles.
See also[]
- List of Governors of Minorca
- France in the Seven Years War
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- 1719 births
- 1762 deaths
- French politicians
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