Boyer, Jean Pierre, president of Hayti, born at Port-au-Prince of a negress and a Creole father; secured the independence of the country; held the presidency for 25 years from 1818, but suspected of consulting his own advantage more than that of the country, was driven from power by a revolution in 1843; retired to Paris, where he spent the rest of his life and died (1776‒1850).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Boyer, Baron * Boyle, Charles