Joseph Dupont Duvivier (12 November 1707 – 24 November 1760) was an
Acadian-born military leader of the French.
Life
Joseph Dupont Duvivier was born in
Port Royal
Port Royal is a village located at the end of the Palisadoes, at the mouth of Kingston Harbour, in southeastern Jamaica. Founded in 1494 by the Spanish, it was once the largest city in the Caribbean, functioning as the centre of shipping and co ...
,
Acadia, the second of the three surviving sons of
François du Pont Duvivier and Marie Mius d'Entremont de Pobomcoup. His elder brother was
François Dupont Duvivier.
Like his brothers, he entered the military service at Île Royale, but didn't take part in their business endeavours.
He fought in
King George's War
King George's War (1744–1748) is the name given to the military operations in North America that formed part of the War of the Austrian Succession (1740–1748). It was the third of the four French and Indian Wars. It took place primarily in t ...
and distinguished himself at the
first Battle at Port-la-Joye (1745).
During the
French and Indian War he was present at the
Siege of Louisbourg (1758) and sent back to France after the capitulation. There, he and his brother Michel were awarded the cross of Saint-Louis in 1760. Later that year he became captain of one of the four companies sent to Canada under the command of
François-Gabriel D'Angeac. But this expedition was intercepted by the British navy on 3 July and defeated in the
Battle of Restigouche
The Battle of Restigouche was a naval battle fought in 1760 during the Seven Years' War (known as the French and Indian War in the United States) on the Restigouche River between the British Royal Navy and the small flotilla of vessels of the F ...
. Joseph fought bravely until d’Angeac surrendered on 8 July. On the return voyage to France, he died of smallpox on 24 November 1760.
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1707 births
1760 deaths
People of New France
French military personnel of the War of the Austrian Succession
French people of the French and Indian War
Knights of the Order of Saint Louis
Pre-Confederation Nova Scotia people