Charles William Grant, 5th Baron de Longueuil

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]

Ancestry

References

  1. L. G. Pine, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 101st edition, London, U.K.: Burke's Peerage Ltd, 1956, p. 2389
  2. "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.
  3. Histoire des grandes familles françaises du Canada, Eusèbe Senécal, 1867, p. 190


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