Étienne de Perier

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Étienne de Perier, known as "Perier the Elder", born on February 27, 1686 in Brest Recouvrance and died on April 1, 1766 in the castle of Tréoudal in Saint-Martin-des-Champs near Morlaix, was a French nobleman, colonial governor of French Louisiana from 1727 to 1733, privateer, lieutenant-general of the naval armies, and Grand-Croix of the royal and military order of Saint-Louis.

Posthumous portrait of Étienne de Perier (1686-1766).