Jacques-François de Monbeton de Brouillan
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Jacques-François de Mombeton de Brouillan (born 1651, Gascony – died September 22, 1705 at Chedabouctou, Nova Scotia) military officer and Governor of Plaisance (Placentia), Newfoundland.
Mombeton de Brouillan was born to a Protestant noblemen at Gascony and while serving as captain of the French forces in Canada had renounced Protestantism and was baptized a Roman Catholic at Québec in 1687. In 1689 he returned to France and became governor of Plaisance on June 1, 1690. While at Plaisance Mombeton de Brouillan defended the settlement three times against British attacks, in 1691, 1692 and 1693. During a visit to FRance in 1695 he was instructed to team up with Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville. During the winter of 1696-1697, with troups in the command of d'Iberville, Mombeton de Brouillan they attacked, captured and burned St. John's.
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- Biography at Government House The Governorship of Newfoundland and Labrador
- Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
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