La Galissonniere Rolland-michel Barren Comte De
Came to New France
as administrator of the government until the arrival of the governor,
Marquis de la Jonquiere. Returned to France, 1749; the same year
appointed one of the commissioners on behalf of the French government,
to settle the boundaries of Acadia. Head of the department of nautical
charts at Paris. Commanded the French fleet at Minorca, 1756, and
defeated the British under Admiral Byng. Died in Nemours, France, 1756.
Is said to have furnished money and supplies to the Abbe de la Loutre to
enable him to carry on his work in Acadia. =Index=: (Wolfe / Montcalm era) Foresaw danger
from British colonies, 21. =Bib.=: Memoire sur les Colonies de la
France dans l'Amerique Septentrionale. For biog., see Parkman,
Montcalm and Wolfe; Selections from the Public Documents of Nova
Scotia, ed. by Akins; Tyrrell, Papers in Nova Scotia Documents.