Charles William Grant, 5th Baron de Longueuil

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Charles William Grant was born in 1782. [1] He was the son of Captain David Alexander Grant and Marie-Charles-Joseph Le Moyne, Baronne de Longueuil. [1] He served during the War of 1812 as Lieutenant Colonel of the Boucherville militia battalion and as a staff officer. He was taken prisoner by the Americans on 8 December 1813, and was held hostage in Worcester, Massachusetts. [2] He married Caroline Coffin, daughter of General John Coffin and Anne Mathews, on 21 May 1814. [2] He became a member of the Legislative Council of Lower Canada. [2] [3] He succeeded to the title of Baron de Longueuil on 17 January 1841. [1] He died on 5 July 1848 [1] [2] at his residence of Alwington House in Kingston. [2] [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 L. G. Pine, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 101st edition, London, U.K.: Burke's Peerage Ltd, 1956, p. 2389
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.
  3. 1 2 Histoire des grandes familles françaises du Canada, Eusèbe Senécal, 1867, p. 190
French nobility
Preceded by
Marie-Charles-Joseph Le Moyne
Baron de Longueuil
1841–1848
Succeeded by
Charles James Irwin Grant