Charles de Menou d'Aulnay
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Charles de Menou d'Aulnay, (b. c. 1604 – d. 1650) was at various times a sea captain, a lieutenant in the navy to his cousin Isaac de Razilly, and governor of Acadia. He was from France, his father being a high ranking official for Louis XIII.
Isaac de Razilly became governor of Acadia in 1632 and Menou was one of his able assistants, borrowing funds, hiring ships, and recruiting men for the regular ocean crossings to and from France for the Compagnie de la Nouvelle-France and a private company, Razilly-Condonnier. These companies had divergent interests at times which resulted in costly competition. Razilly died in 1635 and his brother, Claude de Launay-Rasilly, was appointed governor. Claude did not come to Acadia but appointed Menou as his lieutenant to govern on his behalf and run the company, Razilly-Condonnier, in Acadia while he ran the operation in France.
In 1647, after intense and expensive competition between the two factions which governed Acadia, Charles de Menou was named governor of the entire area. Because of his commitment to colonization, Menou's death left a thriving colony in Acadia. He should be recognized as an important pioneer of European settlement in North America.
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