Charles III Le Moyne (
Longueuil, (18 October 1687 – 17 January 1755) was the second
baron de Longueuil. He succeeded his father
Charles le Moyne de Longueuil, Baron de Longueuil in 1729. He became
Governor of Montreal
The governor of Montreal was the highest position in Montreal in the 17th century and the 18th century. Prior to the establishment of the 1663 Sovereign Council, the governor of Montreal was appointed by the Société Notre-Dame de Montréal. The ...
, and administrator by interim of
New France
Biography
Charles III Le Moyne was the son of
Charles le Moyne de Longueuil, Baron de Longueuil, who was General Administrator for
New France by interim. He named his son Commandant of
Fort Niagara on April 28, 1726. In June 1733, Charles III was named Major of the military troops of the Government of Montreal; then in 1739, the
Governor-General of New France
Governor General of New France was the vice-regal post in New France from 1663 until 1760, and it was the last French vice-regal post. It was replaced by the British post of Governor of the Province of Quebec following the fall of New France. Wh ...
,
Marquis de Beauharnois, sent him to
Louisiana, in order to help the
Governor of Louisiana
A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state and in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of state's official representative. Depending on the type of political ...
Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne de Bienville against the native
Chicachas. He went back to
Montreal in 1740; and a few years later, on May 23, 1749,
Louis XV named him
Governor of Montreal
The governor of Montreal was the highest position in Montreal in the 17th century and the 18th century. Prior to the establishment of the 1663 Sovereign Council, the governor of Montreal was appointed by the Société Notre-Dame de Montréal. The ...
. After the death of the
Governor of New France Marquis de la Jonquière, the
Intendant of New France François Bigot
François Bigot (; born Bordeaux, 30 January 1703; died Neuchâtel, Switzerland, 12 January 1778) was a French government official. He served as the Financial Commissary on Île Royale (nowadays Cape Breton Island), commissary general of the ill-f ...
gave him the position of Administrator of New France; but he did not get permission from the King to keep his position, because he had named the successor of Marquis de la Jonquière before his death
marquis de Menneville. In August 1752, he became once more Governor of Montreal.
During his life he owned 7
slave
Slavery and enslavement are both the state and the condition of being a slave—someone forbidden to quit one's service for an enslaver, and who is treated by the enslaver as property. Slavery typically involves slaves being made to perf ...
s.
[Trudel, Marcel (1960). ''L 'esclavage au Canada français.'' Les presses universitaires Laval, p. 139.]
See also
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Baron de Longueuil
Sources
Notes and references
External links
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1687 births
1755 deaths
Barons of Longueuil
People of New France
Governors of Montreal
Le Moyne family
18th-century Canadian politicians
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