Paul Bécart de Granville et de Fonville (January 18, 1695 – March 19, 1754) was an officer in the colonial regular troops and a seigneur.
Bécart de Fonville, was the brother of
Charles Bécart de Granville et de Fonville, a king’s attorney. He entered military service in 1712 and had achieved the rank of captain by April, 1737. In 1733 he had received the seigneury of Île aux Grues.
In 1743 Paul Bécart became commandant of
Fort Saint Frédéric on
Lake Champlain
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. He replaced
François-Antoine Pécaudy de Contrecœur François-Antoine Pécaudy de Contrecœur ( 1676 – July 2, 1743) was a military man by career (Carignan-Salières Regiment) and had inherited the seigneury of Contrecœur from his father, Antoine Pécaudy de Contrecœur. His son, Claude-Pierre ...
. In 1750 he was made a knight of the
order of Saint-Louis
The Royal and Military Order of Saint Louis (french: Ordre Royal et Militaire de Saint-Louis) is a dynastic order of chivalry founded 5 April 1693 by King Louis XIV, named after Saint Louis (King Louis IX of France). It was intended as a rewar ...
particularly because of his service at Fort Saint Frédéric.
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1695 births
1754 deaths
Knights of the Order of Saint Louis
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