Charles-michel de salaberry biography definition
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Charles de Salaberry
French-Canadian military officer (1778–1829)
Lieutenant Colonel Charles-Michel d'Irumberry de Salaberry, CB (19 November 1778 – 27 February 1829) was a Canadian military officer and statesman of the seigneurial class who served in various campaigns for the British Army. He won distinction for repelling the American advance on Montreal during the War of 1812.
Early years
[edit]Born at the manor house of Beauport (east of Quebec City) in Lower Canada on 19 November 1778 the son of Ignace-Michel-Louis-Antoine d'Irumberry dem Salaberry. Charles was one of fyra sons in a family with a long tradition of military service. Generations of the family had served as officers of the Royal Army in France, and then in the New World. When the British acquired Canada in 1763, the family continued its military traditions in British service. Charles-Michel's father, Ignace de Salaberry, was Seigneur de Chambly et dem Beaulac, and was also a British Army officer who had fo
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Land War – Lower Canada
This extract from the biography of Charles-Michel d’IRUMBERRY DE SALABERRY captures the importance of the only major battle fought in Lower Canada:
“From that time, the battle of Châteauguay took on a legendary character and became a source of popular pride: the Canadians, commanded by one of their own, had displayed their bravery, their military capacity, and their loyalty in repelling the Americans.”
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PREVOST, Sir GEORGE
BRUYERES, RALPH HENRY
BOUCHER DE BOUCHERVILLE, THOMAS-RENÉ-VERCHÈRES (baptized René-Thomas)
MACPHERSON, DONALD
IRUMBERRY DE SALABERRY, CHARLES-MICHEL D’
DUCHARME, DOMINIQUE (baptized François)
BECKWITH, Sir THOMAS SYDNEY
VIGER, JACQUES
HERTEL DE ROUVILLE, JEAN-BAPTISTE-RENÉ
LAMOTHE, JOSEPH-MAURICE (baptized Maurice-Joseph)
TASCHEREAU, THOMAS-PIERRE-JOSEPH
JUCHEREAU DUCHESNAY, MICHEL-LOUIS
LAROCQUE (LaRocque), FRANÇOIS-ANTOINE
BRUN
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Charles de Salaberry
Charles de Salaberry’s family history contained generations of esteemed military service. Ironically, most of that service was under the Kingdom of France, which controlled the province of Quebec in North America until the conclusion of the Seven Years War in 1763, whereupon it was ceded to Great Britain. For many Canadiens, the new allegiance to Britain was a bitter pill to swallow, but the de Salaberry’s made the adjustment well enough. By the time of Charles’ birth outside Quebec City in 1778, his father Ignace-Michel had helped defend Quebec from the invading Continental Army during the American Revolution.
Charles enlisted in the British army at the age of 14, joining the 60th Regiment. Though de Salaberry’s background might have been modest compared to many other officers in the British Army, he had one major advantage in the friendship between his father and Prince Edward, Duke of Kent. Edward actually corresponded with Ch