page_title: Gaspard-Joseph Chaussegros de Léry (1721-1797)
section_title: Honours
hierarchical_section_title: Gaspard-Joseph Chaussegros de Léry (1721-1797) / Honours
caption_attribution_description: English: Commission des Monuments Historiques du Canada Fort Saint Jean Construit en 1743 par M. de Léry sous des ordres de d'administrateur la Galissonnière. Ce poste était depuis longtemps le rendez-vous de toutes les expéditions militaires du côté du Lac Champlain. Le 31 Août 1759, le Commandant de Roquemaure le fit sauter d’après les ordres du Gouverneur de Vaudreuil pour éviter qu’il tombât aux mains des Anglais. Reconstruit par le Gouverneur Carleton en 1775, Il soutint, la même année, sous le commandement du Major Charles Preston, du 26ième Régiment, un siège de 45 jours contre les troupes Américaines Commandées par le Général Montgomery. Commission des Monuments Historiques du Canada Fort Saint Jean Constructed in 1743 by M. de Léry under orders from Governor la Galissonnière. This post was for all the military expeditions towards Lake Champlain. In August, 1760, Commandant de Roquemaure had it blown up in accordance with orders from the Governor de Vaudreuil in order to prevent its falling into the hands of the English. Rebuilt by Governor Carleton, in 1773. During the same year, under the command of Major Charles Preston of the 26th Regiment, it withstood a 45 day siege by the American troops commanded by General Montgomery.
context_page_description: Gaspard-Joseph Chaussegros de Léry, his first name was also sometimes written Joseph-Gaspard. He was a military engineer and a political figure in Lower Canada. During the Seven Years' War he proved himself to be an outstanding officer and was one of only a few colonial officers held in high esteem by the Marquis de Montcalm.
  In recognition of his military service, in 1759 he was made a Chevalier of the Order of Saint Louis. In 1763, after the British Conquest of New France, he and his wife, Louise Martel de Brouage, were the first French Canadian couple to be presented to the English Court, drawing the compliment from King George III that if all Canadian ladies resembled Mme de Léry, then he had "indeed made a conquest".
context_section_description: A Fort Saint-Jean plaque erected by Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada in 1926 at the Royal Military College Saint-Jean mentions de Léry. "Constructed in 1748 by M. de Léry under orders from Governor la Galissonnière. For a long time this post was a rendezvous for all the military expeditions towards Lake Champlain..."
  The DeLery Building at the Royal Military College Saint-Jean was named in his honour.
  Eight of his campaign journals from the French and Indian War are held by Laval University in Quebec.
  The portage across Marblehead Peninsula between Sandusky Bay and Lake Erie is named DeLery Portage because of his documentation of it in his 1754 journal.
caption: Fort Saint-Jean plaque
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