Porcher

People

• Gilles Porcher de Lissonay, count of Richebourg, was a French physician and politician.
• Josias Du Pré Porcher was an English politician.
• Robert John Porcher Broughton was an English amateur cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1836 to 1864.
• William Porcher Miles was a United States Representative from South Carolina.
• William Porcher DuBose was an American priest and theologian in the Protestant Episcopal Church.
• Louis Porcher was a French sociologist.
• Laurent Porchier is a French competition rower and Olympic champion.
• Robert Porcher is an American former football defensive end.
• Thomas Porcher is a French economist.

  Places

• Porcher House is a historic home in Cocoa, Florida.
• Philip Porcher House is a historic home outside the city limits of Charleston, South Carolina.
• Porcher Island is an island in the Hecate Strait, British Columbia, Canada.
• Porchères is a commune in the Gironde department in Aquitaine in south-western France.
• Porcheville is a village and commune in the Yvelines département of northern France.
• Villeporcher is a commune in the Loir-et-Cher département of central France.
• Saint-Porquier is a town and commune in the Tarn-et-Garonne département of France, in the Midi-Pyrénées region.

  Ships

• was a merchant vessel that made one voyage for the British East India Company, was captured and recaptured, became Cambridge, then making several more voyages for the EIC. Eventually the Qing Dynasty purchased her for the Imperial Chinese Navy. The British Royal Navy destroyed her during the Battle of First Bar at the onset of the First Opium War.
• was a merchant vessel that made three voyages to India for the British East India Company. On the second she first transported convicts to Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Between these voyages for the EIC, Henry Porcher traded privately to India as a licensed ship. She made two further voyages as a convict transport, one to Sydney in 1834-35, and one to Hobart in 1836. She grounded in 1858 and was broken up in 1860.