Anne Joseph Hippolyte de Maurès, Comte de Malartic
Appearance
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Anne Joseph Hippolyte de Maurès, Comte de Malartic (3 July 1730, Montauban - 28 July 1800, Port-Louis, Mauritius) was a French colonial governor and general, notable for his service in Canada and Mauritius.
During the French Revolutionary period, Malartic refused to give sailor captain Robert Surcouf a letter of marque, but ordered Surcouf's ship, the Émilie to go to the Seychelles to purchase tortoises as food for Isle de France.
Fate
Governor Malartic died at the age of 70. He suffered a stroke on 26 July 1800 while going to church, and died two days later.
The Canadian town of Malartic is named after him.
References
Further reading
- Tugdual de Langlais, L'armateur préféré de Beaumarchais Jean Peltier Dudoyer, de Nantes à l'Isle de France, Éd. Coiffard, 2015, 340 p. (ISBN 9782919339280).
- Tugdual de Langlais, Marie-Etienne Peltier, Capitaine corsaire de la République, Éd. Coiffard, 2017, 240 p. (ISBN 9782919339471)
External links
- Quebec History
- Taillemite, Étienne (1979). "Maurès de Malartic, Anne-Joseph-Hippolyte de, , Comte de Malartic". In Halpenny, Francess G (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. IV (1771–1800) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
- Mauritius
- Site de la Société de l'Histoire de l'Ile Maurice : https://www.soc-histoire-maurice.org
Categories:
- 1730 births
- 1800 deaths
- French military personnel of the War of the Austrian Succession
- French people of the French and Indian War
- French military personnel of the French Revolutionary Wars
- French colonial governors of Guadeloupe
- Abolitionism in France
- New France stubs
- People from Quebec stubs
- Mauritian politician stubs