Augustin de Boschenry de Drucour

Augustin de Boschenry de Drucour
Augustin de Boschenry de Drucour
Born	March 27, 1703; Drucourt, France
Died	August 28, 1762 (aged 59); Le Havre, France
Allegiance	France
Service / branch	French Navy
Battles / wars	French and Indian War Siege of Louisbourg;

Augustin de Boschenry de Drucour or de Drucourt^[1] (signed Chevalier de Drucour, baptized March 27, 1703—August 28, 1762) was a French military officer, who led the French defence in the Siege of Louisbourg.

He was a son of Jean-Louis de Boschenry, Baron de Drucourt and Marie-Louise Godard. Drucour joined the French Navy in 1719 as a midshipman in Toulon.

In October 1746, while aboard the Mars, a French naval vessel which was returning to France as part of the failed Duc d'Anville Expedition, he was taken prisoner by the British, and imprisoned for a year before returning to France.

He became a ship captain in 1751. In 1754, he was appointed Governor of Île Royale. During his career he made 16 major voyages to such places as Copenhagen, Stockholm, Martinique and Saint-Domingue.

References

^ This latter spelling is the preferred one in French. His birthplace, Drucourt, has been spelled with a final t since the 12th century.

Fortier, John (1974). "Boschenry de Drucour, Augustin de". In Halpenny, Francess G (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. III (1741–1770) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.

External links

Letter of Governor Drucour to a friend written at Andover, October 1758

Political offices
Preceded by Jean-Louis de Raymond	Governor of Île-Royale 1754-1758	Surrendered to British Governor of Nova Scotia Charles Lawrence

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[1] This latter spelling is the preferred one in French. His birthplace, Drucourt, has been spelled with a final t since the 12th century.

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