Claude de Bermen de la Martinière (30 May 1636 – 14 April 1719) was born in France and came to
New France
New France (french: Nouvelle-France) was the area colonized by France in North America, beginning with the exploration of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence by Jacques Cartier in 1534 and ending with the cession of New France to Great Britain and Spai ...
in 1662. Through marriage, he became the owner of a large seigneury and held a number of important positions throughout his time in Canada.
La Martinière married the widow of
Jean de Lauson
Jean de Lauzon or de Lauson (; 2 January 1586 – 16 February 1666) was the governor of New France from 1651 to 1657, one of the most challenging times for the new colony. He also was born into being the lord of Lirec.
As a prominent lawyer in ...
in 1664 and began the development of the Lauson seigneury. He pursued a career in law and held various positions involving the
Conseil Souverain and, subsequently, the renamed Conseil Supérieur. He was the acting governor general of the Conseil Souverain for a period and, in 1714, became the subdelegate of the intendant,
Michel Bégon. His actions during an absence of Bégon brought to light the intendant's role in a grain shortage which was causing much hardship. Subsequent riots appear to give justification to La Martinière's concerns about a grain monopoly.
Claude had two sons, one of whom,
Claude-Antoine de Bermen de La Martinière Claude-Antoine de Bermen de La Martinière (12 July 1700 – 24 December 1761) was a Quebec-born son of Claude de Bermen de la Martinière.
de Bermen became an officer in the colonial regular troops. He enjoyed a career marked by important ass ...
, had a distinguished career in the colonial regular forces.
Lake Bermen, in central Quebec, is named after him.
References
External links
Biography at the ''Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online''''Genealogie Quebec''
Bermen, Claude de
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