Jean-Baptiste-Melchior Hertel de Rouville (October 21, 1748 – November 30, 1817) was a

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and political figure in

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Jean-Baptiste-Melchior Hertel de Rouville

He was born in

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, the son of , and served in the French Régiment du Languedoc. He returned to

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in 1772. He helped in the defence of Fort St. Johns (later Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu) on the

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against the

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in 1775; he was taken prisoner and released twenty months later. In 1783, he was named a justice of the peace for Montreal district. He settled at Chambly, on his father's seigneury, in 1789 and was named a colonel in the local militia the following year. After his father died in 1792, he received half of the seigneury of Rouville and part of Chambly; he later purchased the remainder of Rouville. Also in 1792, he was elected to the

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for Bedford. In 1812, he was named to the Legislative Council. He died in Chambly.

Children

His son Jean-Baptiste-René inherited the seigneury of Rouville and part of Chambly from his father and also served in the legislative assembly. His daughter Marie-Anne-Julie, who had married Charles-Michel d'Irumberry de Salaberry, inherited land from the seigneury of Chambly.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hertel De Rouville, Jean-Baptiste-Melchior 1748 births 1817 deaths Canadian justices of the peace Members of the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada Members of the Legislative Council of Lower Canada