Bartholomew Gugy | |
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| Conservative Member of the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada for Sherbrooke | |
| In office 1831–1837 | |
| Preceded by | Benjamin Tremain |
| Succeeded by | Edward Hale |
| Conservative Member of the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada for Sherbrooke | |
| In office 1848–1852 | |
| Preceded by | Edward Hale |
| Succeeded by | Sir Alexander Tilloch Galt |
| Personal details | |
| Born | November 6, 1796 Trois-Rivières, Quebec |
| Died | June 11, 1876 (aged 79) Beauport, Quebec |
| Political party | Conservative |
Bartholomew Conrad Augustus Gugy (6 November 1796 – 11 June 1876) represented Sherbrooke in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada and the Legislative Assembly of the Province of Canada. He played a prominent military role in the Lower Canada Rebellion as Colonel of the cavalry at the Battle of Saint-Charles, afterwards seizing the Column of Liberty and carrying it in triumph back to Montreal. He was Police Magistrate at Montreal and Adjutant-General to the Militia of Lower Canada. He lived between Montreal and his father's manor house at Beauport. He was a large landowner having also inherited the Seigneuries of Yamachiche, Rivière-du-Loup, Grandpré, Grosbois, and Dumontier.