- François Dambourgès
François Dambourgès (1742 –
December 13 1798 ) was a businessman, militia officer and political figure inLower Canada .He was born in Salies,
France in 1742 and studied atBayonne . Dambourges came to the parish of Saint-Thomas in Montmagny, Quebec in 1763, where he established a business. He served with the Royal Highland Emigrants and helped defend the town of Quebec during the American invasion of 1775-6. Dambourgès became a lieutenant in 1776 and was taken prisoner in 1777. He retired on half pay in 1784. He was named a justice of the peace and served in the local militia, becoming colonel in 1790. In 1792, he was elected to the1st Parliament of Lower Canada for Devon.In 1795, Dambourgès became a captain in the Royal Canadian Volunteer Regiment and moved to
Montreal . He died there ofpleurisy in 1798.His daughter Marie-Elizabeth later married Roger, the son of
Augustin-Jérôme Raby .External links
* [http://www.assnat.qc.ca/fra/membres/notices/d/DAMBF.htm Biography from Assemblée nationale du Québec (french)]
* [http://www.ourroots.ca/e/toc.aspx?id=8817 "Les députés au premier Parlement du Bas-Canada (1792-1796)", F-J Audet (1946)]
* [http://www.canadiana.org/ECO/mtq?doc=23352 "Le colonel Dambourgès : étude historique canadienne", L-É Bois (1866)]
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