Francois-Gabriel D'Angeac
| François-Gabriel D'Angeac | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1708 Plaisance, Newfoundland |
| Died | 9 March 1782 (aged 74) Soubise, Charente-Maritime, France |
| Allegiance | France |
| Service/branch | French Colonial Forces |
| Years of service | 1716–1772 |
| Rank | Brigadier des armées |
| Battles/wars |
Siege of Louisbourg (1745); Siege of Louisbourg (1758); Battle of Restigouche |
| Awards | Cross of the Order of Saint-Louis |
| Other work | First French governor of Saint Pierre and Miquelon |
François-Gabriel D'Angeac (variants: Dangeac, Danjaique, Don Jacque) (1708 – 9 March 1782), Knight of Saint-Louis, was an officer in the French colonial regular troops and the first French governor of Saint Pierre and Miquelon.
D'Angeac was born in Plaisance, Newfoundland (now Placentia, Newfoundland and Labrador). He was the son of Gabriel d’Angeac (born Saintonge; died 1737, Île Royale, now Cape Breton Island), a military man stationed at the time with Joseph de St. Ovide, Monbeton de Brouillan's company in Plaisance. His mother was Marguerite Bertrand. In 1714, his father and the garrison were re-assigned to Louisbourg where, five years later, France began construction of a fortified town.
At the age of eight, D'Angeac began his military career as a guard at Port-Dauphin, Nova Scotia (now Englishtown) on Île Royale. Then, in 1723, D'Angeac was given the rank of second ensign and assigned to his father’s company at Louisbourg.
During the periods of 1738–1741 and 1743–1745, D'Angeac was a lieutenant and sometimes served as commandant at Port-Dauphin. D'Angeac helped defend Louisbourg during the 1745 siege of Louisbourg by New England forces, but after the defeat, he left for France where he recruited troops for colonial companies. He was promoted to captain in 1747, and accompanied Île Royale’s garrison to Quebec before returning to Louisbourg in 1749 upon its reeoccupation by France. From 1751 to 1758, he served as commandant of Port-Dauphin supervising outpost reconstruction. He was awarded the Cross of the Order of Saint-Louis in 1754 (his father had received it in 1724). D'Angeac sustained a chest wound during the 1758 siege of Louisbourg.
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