Augustin de Boschenry de Drucour
Augustin de Boschenry de Drucour | |
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Born | (1703-03-27)March 27, 1703 Drucourt, France |
Died | August 28, 1762(1762-08-28) (aged 59) Le Havre, France |
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Battles/wars | French and Indian War
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Augustin de Boschenry de Drucour or de Drucourt[1] (signed Chevalier de Drucour, baptized March 27, 1703—August 28, 1762) was a French military officer, who led the French defence in the Siege of Louisbourg.
He was a son of Jean-Louis de Boschenry, Baron de Drucourt and Marie-Louise Godard. Drucour joined the French Navy in 1719 as a midshipman in Toulon.
In October 1746, while aboard the Mars, a French naval vessel which was returning to France as part of the failed Duc d'Anville Expedition, he was taken prisoner by the British, and imprisoned for a year before returning to France.
He became a ship captain in 1751. In 1754, he was appointed Governor of Île Royale. During his career he made 16 major voyages to such places as Copenhagen, Stockholm, Martinique and Saint-Domingue.
References
- ^ This latter spelling is the preferred one in French. His birthplace, Drucourt, has been spelled with a final t since the 12th century.
- Fortier, John (1974). "Boschenry de Drucour, Augustin de". In Halpenny, Francess G (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. III (1741–1770) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
External links
- Letter of Governor Drucour to a friend written at Andover, October 1758
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Preceded by Jean-Louis de Raymond | Governor of Île-Royale 1754-1758 | Surrendered to British Governor of Nova Scotia Charles Lawrence |
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