Joseph Dupont Duvivier (12 November 1707 – 24 November 1760) was an

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n-born military leader of the French.

Life

Joseph Dupont Duvivier was born in

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, 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 The French and Indian War (1754–1763) was a theater of the Seven Years' War, which pitted the North American colonies of the British Empire against those of the French, each side being supported by various Native American tribes. At the st ...

he was present at the

Siege of Louisbourg (1758) The siege of Louisbourg was a pivotal operation of the Seven Years' War (known in the United States as the French and Indian War) in 1758 that ended the French colonial era in Atlantic Canada and led to the subsequent British campaign to cap ...

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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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Duvivier, Joseph Du pont 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