  thumb|champlain leaves quebec aboard kirke's ship after a bloodless siege in 1629. sir david kirke (c. 1597 â 1654) was an adventurer, colonizer and governor for the king of england. he is best known for his successful capture of new france during the thirty years' war, and his subsequent governorship of lands in newfoundland. a favourite of charles i of england, the fall of the crown during the english civil war led to his own downfall, and it is believed he died in prison. ==early life== kirke was the son of gervase (jarvis) kirke, a wealthy london-based merchant,herald's visitation of the city of london 1 dec 1631 (british museum add. ms 5533) who had married a huguenot woman, elizabeth goudon,marquis, thomas guthrie. âthe jesuit missions: a chronicle of the cross in the wildernessâ (toronto: university of toronto, 1964) 18. and was raised in dieppe, in normandy. he was the eldest of five sons, followed by lewis, thomas, john and james."david kirke and his brothers (1597â1654)", place royal, musÃ©e de la civilisation ==quebec campaign== in 1627 kirke's father and several london merchants formed the company of adventurers to canada to encourage trade and settlement on the st. lawrence river."kirke, sir david, adventurer, trader, colonizer, leader of the expedition that captured quebec in 1629, and later governor of newfoundland", dictionary of canadian biography online when the 30 years war broke out later that year, the company financed an expedition, which was commissioned by charles i of england to displace the french from âcanida.â accompanied by his brothers lewis, thomas, john, and james (sometimes jarvis), david kirke set off with three ships, probably in company with a fleet bringing settlers to sir william alexanderâs colonization attempt at charlesfort in acadia. kirke may have stopped at ferryland, the colony of george calvert, 1st baron baltimore on the east coast of newfoundland on the avalon peninsula. the force then sailed the saint lawrence river to tadoussac. he seized one supply ship going to quebec and then sent basque fishermen to [[samu
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