Jean-Baptiste Nicolas Roch de Ramezay | |
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Born | Chateau de Ramezay, Montreal, New France | 4 September 1708
Died | 7 May 1777 Blaye, France | (aged 68)
Service/ | Marines |
Years of service | 1719–1759 |
Rank | Captain |
Battles/wars | Battle of Grand Pré Battle of the Plains of Abraham |
Awards | Order of Saint Louis |
Other work | Colonial Administrator, New France |
Jean-Baptiste Nicolas Roch, Seigneur de Ramezay,[Note 1] (4 September 1708, in Montreal, New France – 7 May 1777, in Blaye, France; officer of the marines and colonial administrator for New France during the 18th century. Joining at age 11, as an ensign, he fought campaigns against the Meskwaki tribe in Illinois, and the British in Acadia. In 1759, during the Seven Years' War, as the King's lieutenant; he signed, in the name of Louis XV, the Articles of Capitulation of Quebec, for which he was later criticised.
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