Claude-Antoine de Bermen de La Martinière
Claude-Antoine de Bermen de La Martinière (12 July 1700 – 24 December 1761) was a Quebec-born son of Claude de Bermen de la Martinière.
de Bermen became an officer in the colonial regular troops. He enjoyed a career marked by important assignment and recognition of his efforts were marked by his receipt of the Order of Saint-Louis. Two important assignments highlighted his career. In 1737, he was appointed commander of Fort La Baye, (now Green Bay, Wisconsin). In 1751, he commanded Fort Beauséjour during its construction.
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- Borins, Edward H. (1974). "Bermen de La Martinière, Claude-Antoine de". In Halpenny, Francess G (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. III (1741–1770) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.