Charles William Grant, 5th Baron de Longueuil

Charles William Grant was born in 1782.[1] He was the son of Captain David Alexander Grant and Marie-Charles-Joseph Le Moyne, Baronne de Longueuil.[1] He served during the War of 1812 as Lieutenant Colonel of the Boucherville militia battalion and as a staff officer. He was taken prisoner by the Americans on 8 December 1813, and was held hostage in Worcester, Massachusetts.[2] He married Caroline Coffin, daughter of General John Coffin and Anne Mathews, on 21 May 1814.[2] He became a member of the Legislative Council of Lower Canada.[2][3] He succeeded to the title of Baron de Longueuil on 17 January 1841.[1] He died on 5 July 1848[1][2] at his residence of Alwington House in Kingston.[2][3]

## Ancestry

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Ancestors of Charles William Grant, 5th Baron de Longueuil

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| 8\. William Grant|

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| 17\. Helen Forbes

| 4\. David Grant|

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| 18\. David Tyrie

| 9\. Jean Tyrie|

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| 19\. Elizabeth Gordon

| 2\. David Alexander Grant|

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| 10\. James Richardson|

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| 5\. Elizabeth Richardson|

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| 1\. Charles William Grant, 5th Baron de Longueuil|
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| 24\. Charles Le Moyne, 1st Baron de Longueuil

| 12\. Charles Le Moyne, 2nd Baron de Longueuil|

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| 25\. Claude-Elisabeth Souart

| 6\. Charles-Jacques Le Moyne, 3rd Baron de Longueuil|

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| 26\. Louis-Joseph-Hyacinthe LeGoues

| 13\. Catherine-Charlotte LeGoues|

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| 27\. Marguerite Legardeur

| 3\. Marie-Charles Le Moyne, 4th Baroness de Longueuil|

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| 28\. Joseph Fleury

| 14\. Joseph Fleury|

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| 29\. Claire Jolliet

| 7\. Marie-Anne Catherine Fleury|

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| 30\. Étienne Véron

| 15\. Catherine Véron|

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| 31\. Catherine Picard

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## References

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1. ^ a b c d L. G. Pine, Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 101st edition, London, U.K.: Burke's Peerage Ltd, 1956, p. 2389
2. ^ a b c d e "Biography". Dictionnaire des parlementaires du Québec de 1792 à nos jours (in French). National Assembly of Quebec.
3. ^ a b Histoire des grandes familles françaises du Canada, Eusèbe Senécal, 1867, p. 190

French nobility

Preceded by

Marie-Charles-Joseph Le Moyne

|  Baron de Longueuil
1841–1848  | Succeeded by

Charles James Irwin Grant