death_place death_date birth_place birth_date article_title name occupation
quebec , lower canada december 11 , 1797 quebec , new france july 20 , 1721 gaspard-joseph chaussegros de léry
 gaspard-joseph chaussegros de léry military engineer and political figure in lower canada
gaspard-joseph chaussegros de léry

gaspard-joseph chaussegros de léry -lrb- july 20 , 1721 -- december 11 , 1797 -rrb- , 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 .
n 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 '' .
