Thomas Pichon

Thomas Pichon
Thomas Pichon by Henri Baud (1800–1900) (copied from original portrait by N. Coucourt)
Born(1700-03-30)30 March 1700
Vire (dept of Calvados), France
Died22 November 1781(1781-11-22) (aged 81)
Saint Helier, Jersey
NationalityFrench
Known forcolonial official, spy, and author

Thomas Pichon (30 March 1700 – 22 November 1781), also known as Thomas Tyrell,[1] was a French government agent during Father Le Loutre's War. Pichon is renowned for betraying the French, Acadian and Mi’kmaq forces by providing information to the British, which led to the fall of Beauséjour. He has been referred to as "The Judas of Acadia."[2]

  1. ^ "LEPRINCE DE BEAUMONT | Dictionnaire des journalistes". dictionnaire-journalistes.gazettes18e.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 1 June 2017. Retrieved 14 June 2017.
  2. ^ Knaves or knights? A history of the Spiritan missionaries in... Archived 15 December 2020 at the Wayback Machine by Koren, Henry J.