Claude-Michel Bégon de la Cour, Date of Birth, Date of Death
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Governor of Trois-Rivières
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About Claude-Michel Bégon de la Cour
- Claude-Michel Bégon de la Cour (March 15, 1683 – April 30, 1748) was an officer in the colonial regular troops and a governor of Trois-Rivières. Claude-Michel was the brother of Michel Bégon de la Picardière and they came to Canada together in 1713.
- Their father was Michel V Bégon who was intendant de la marine at the port of Rochefort and intendant of the généralité of La Rochelle.
- It was through the fathers influence that Michel had been appointed intendant of New France and Claude-Michel had risen quickly in his military career. Claude-Michel Bégon came to New France and was promoted to full captain with command of a company of troops in the Montreal garrison and, in 1714, he was made a naval lieutenant.
- In 1718, against his family's advice, he married Marie-Elisabeth Rocbert, the daughter of the garde magasin of Montréal.
- While this marriage did not appear to affect his career in Canada, it probably closed the door to a rising career in France like his brother Michel who left for France in 1726.
- That year, he was promoted to town major of Quebec City and Governor Beauharnois had him lead an attempt to expel the English from Fort Oswego on Lake Ontario.
- His negotiations were unsuccessful. In 1743, Bégon became the governor of Trois-Rivières where he served until his death.
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