Georges-René Saveuse de Beaujeu, Comte de Beaujeu (June 4, 1810 – July 29, 1865) was a

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and political figure in

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. He was born in

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in 1810, the son of seigneur

Jacques-Philippe Saveuse de Beaujeu Jacques-Philippe Saveuse de Beaujeu (ca 1772 – June 19, 1832) was a seigneur and political figure in Lower Canada. He was baptized on May 5, 1772, the son of seigneur Louis Liénard de Beaujeu de Villemonde. In 1794, he was named Protonot ...

and Catherine Chaussegros de Léry, daughter of Gaspard-Joseph Chaussegros de Léry. He studied at the

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. After his father's death from

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in 1832, he inherited the fief of Nouvelle-Longueuil and the seigneury of Soulanges. Later that year, he married Adélaïde, the daughter of seigneur Philippe-Joseph Aubert de Gaspé. In 1848, he was appointed to the

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. He was elected to the same council for Rigaud division in 1858 and 1862 after it became an elected body. Saveuse de Beaujeu also served as lieutenant-colonel in the militia and was president of the

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of Montreal. He helped found the Société Historique de Montréal in 1858. He died at

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in 1865. His son Georges-Raoul-Léotale-Guichart-Humbert later served in the Canadian House of Commons.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Saveuse de Beaujeu, Georges-Rene 1810 births 1865 deaths Members of the Legislative Council of the Province of Canada Presidents of the Saint-Jean-Baptiste Society of Montreal