Louis de Pastour de Costebelle
Newfoundland colonial leader
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| Intro | Newfoundland colonial leader | |
| Places | France | |
| is | Politician Colonial administrator | |
| Work field | Military Politics | |
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Louis de Pastour de Costebelle (ca. 1658 – unknown) naval officer served as interim governor of Plaisance (Placentia), Newfoundland, before the arrival of Jacques-François de Monbeton de Brouillan in 1690. Costebelle came to Newfoundland as head of a detachment of soldiers in 1687.
Philippe Pastour de Costebelle, a brother of Louis, was the governor of Plaisance from 1706 to 1713.