Charles-François Tarieu de La Naudière (November 4, 1710 – February 1, 1776) was an officer in the colonial regular troops and seigneur in

Lower Canada The Province of Lower Canada (french: province du Bas-Canada) was a British colony on the lower Saint Lawrence River and the shores of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence (1791–1841). It covered the southern portion of the current Province of Quebec an ...

. He was able to forge a good rapport with the new British and served in the

Council for the Affairs of the Province of Quebec The Council for the Affairs of the Province of Quebec, more commonly called the Legislative Council of Quebec (but not to be confused with the later institution with that same name), was an advisory body constituted by section XII of the ''Quebec ...

after invitation by Governor Guy Carelton in 1775. His political role was short lived as he died in 1776. He was the father of Charles-Gaspard Tarieu de Lanaudière, who became a political figure in Lower Canada.

External links

Biography at the ''Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online''
Charles-Francois Tarieu People of New France 1710 births 1776 deaths {{Canada-mil-bio-stub