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Charles (II) le Moyne de Longueuil, Baron de Longueuil (December 10, 1656 – June 7, 1729) was the first native-born
Canadian
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to be made Baron in
New France
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.
Charles le Moyne de Longueuil was the eldest son of
Charles le Moyne de Longueuil et de Châteauguay
Charles le Moyne de Longueuil et de Châteauguay (2 August 1626 – February 1685),: gives dates (1 August 1626; d. at Ville-Marie, 1683) and mentions names/actions of several sons. was a French officer and merchant who was a prominent figur ...
and spent his childhood in France as a page to one of Governor
Frontenac's relatives. He was a military officer and governor of
Trois-Rivières
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. He was appointed governor of
Montreal
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in 1724.
When the
Governor General of New France
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,
Vaudreuil died in 1725, Longueuil was made responsible for the general administration of New France, until a new governor could be appointed. He was disappointed that the position was not given to him, being a natural progression from the governing of Trois-Rivieres. and later of Montreal, and, for a time, acting administrator of New France.
During his life he owned 10
slave
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s.
[Trudel, Marcel (1960). ''L 'esclavage au Canada français.'' Les presses universitaires Laval, p. 139.]
See also
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Canadian Hereditary Peers
References
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1656 births
1729 deaths
Barons of Longueuil
People of New France
Governors of Montreal
Le Moyne family
18th-century Canadian politicians
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