René-Édouard Caron (21 October 1800 – 13 December 1876) was a
Canadian
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politician, judge, and the
second Lieutenant Governor of Quebec
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.
He was born in
Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré,
Lower Canada
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, the son of
Augustin Caron, a well-to-do farmer and
Member of the House of Assembly (MHA) for Lower Canada, and Élizabeth Lessard. He studied
Latin
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at the college of
Saint-Pierre-de-la-Rivière-du-Sud, which prepared him for admittance to the
Petit Séminaire de Québec, in 1813.
After later studying law in André-Rémi Hamel's office, Caron was called to the Quebec Bar in 1826.
In 1828, he married Marie-Vénérande-Joséphine de Blois, the daughter of Joseph de Blois and Marie-Vénérande Ranvoyzé.
In 1833, he was elected as a municipal representative for the Palais district of
Quebec City
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