Jean-Baptiste Nicolas Roch de Ramezay
1708
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1777
country of citizenship: Canada
occupation: military personnel
award received: Knight of the Royal and Military Order of Saint Louis
Jean-Baptiste Nicolas Roch, Seigneur de Ramezay, (4 September 1708, in Montreal, New France – 7 May 1777, in Blaye, France; officer of the marines and colonial administrator for New France during the 18th century. Joining at age 11, as an ensign, he fought campaigns against the Meskwaki tribe in Illinois, and the British in Acadia. In 1759, during the Seven Years' War, as the King's lieutenant; he signed, in the name of Louis XV, the Articles of Capitulation of Quebec, for which he was later criticised. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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