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    Conrad Gugy was a Swiss-born soldier and political figure in British Canada. He served under General James Wolfe during the Battle of Quebec in 1759. Later he became secretary to Sir Frederick Haldimand, the governor of Trois-Rivières, Quebec. Gugy acquired several seigneuries in Quebec where he built homes for refugees fleeing the American Revolution. He remained loyal to Britain during the revolution. Gugy was appointed to the first Legislative Council of Lower Canada and held the position until his death in 1786.

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    Conrad Gugy was a Swiss-born soldier and political figure in British Canada. He served under General James Wolfe during the Battle of Quebec in 1759. Later he became secretary to Sir Frederick Haldimand, the governor of Trois-Rivières, Quebec. Gugy acquired several seigneuries in Quebec where he built homes for refugees fleeing the American Revolution. He remained loyal to Britain during the revolution. Gugy was appointed to the first Legislative Council of Lower Canada and held the position until his death in 1786.

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    Conrad Gugy was a Swiss-born soldier and political figure in British Canada. He served under General James Wolfe during the Battle of Quebec in 1759. Later he became secretary to Sir Frederick Haldimand, the governor of Trois-Rivières, Quebec. Gugy acquired several seigneuries in Quebec where he built homes for refugees fleeing the American Revolution. He remained loyal to Britain during the revolution. Gugy was appointed to the first Legislative Council of Lower Canada and held the position until his death in 1786.

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    TheHon.ConradGugyJ.P.,M.P.(c.173410April1786),wassecretarytoSirFrederickHaldimandin LowerCanada,aseigneurandpoliticalfigure.

    Contents
    1Earlylife 2LifeinCanada 3Personalityanddeath 4Externallinks

    Earlylife
    HewasbornatTheHague,theeldestsonofHansGeorgeGugi(b.1700),ofZubenThurgau,aSwiss CaptainoftheGuardswholaterjoinedtheDutchservice,andhisDutchwife,ThrseReis.Gugypurchased acommissionintheDutcharmybeforejoininganewlyformedBritishregiment,theKing'sRoyalRifle Corpsasalieutenantin1756,servingunderGeneralJamesWolfeatQuebecin1759.

    LifeinCanada
    HeremainedinCanada,andhavingbeentrainedfortheEngineersandasanaccomplishedlinguist,hewas chosenbySirFrederickHaldimand,whobecamemilitarygovernorofTroisRivires,Quebecin1763,tobe hissecretary.HeresignedthispositionthefollowingyearandboughttheseigneuryofGrandprwithpartof theseigneuryofGrosboisOuest,wherehebuiltamanorhouse.BothseigneureswereinYamachiche, Quebec.In1771,hepurchasedDumontier,nexttoGrosboisOuestFrdrick,locatedbehindPointeduLac, andsomelandsformingpartofRivireduLoup.HewasappointedaJusticeofthePeacein1765. GugyremainedloyaltotheBritishcrownduringtheAmericanRevolution,butwasnonethelessharassedby varioussympathizersofthecause.OneofhistenantsonhisestateatRivireduLoupaccusedhimof threateningtowhipanyonewhosupportedtheAmericans,buthisnamewasclearedafteratrial.In1776, whentheAmericanswereretreating,theyburnedsomebuildingsonhisseigneuries. In1778,whenrefugeesstartedarrivingfromacrosstheborder,withthemarkedapprovalofthenow GovernorofCanada,hisoldfriendSirFrederickHaldimand,Gugyerecteddwellingsandaschoolonhis seigneuriesatYamachiche,Quebec,tohousethem.Gugy'sreasoningwas"totheendofhavinganeyeon them",andthisappealedtoHaldimandwhodidnotliketheideaoftherefugeesinterminglingwiththelocal populaceduringthoseuncertaintimes.

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    GugywasappointedtothefirstLegislativeCouncilofLowerCanadaatitsinceptioninAugust,1775, retainingthepostuntilhisdeath.In1783,hehadtakenaleaseoutontheironworksofSaintMaurice,but diedthreeyearslater.

    Personalityanddeath
    ConradGugywasdescribedasamanof"largeheartandhospitabletoafault".InthoseearlydaysinCanada, transportandtavernswererare,butGugyenthusiasticallyreceivedtravellers,withoutdistinction,intohis homeandhospitablyentertainedthem.Helovedhorses,andwasknowntohavemadeagiftofthemtomark thepleasurewhichhehadtakeninthesocietyofanoccasionalguest. Towardstheendofhislife,theownerofaneighbouringfiefclaimedthatGugyhadbeenresponsiblefor wilfuldamagetohispropertyduringtheconstructionofbuildingsfortheAmericanrefugees.In1787,Gugys seigneurieswereputupforauctiontopaythedamagesforwhichthejuryhadheldhimliable.Shortlyafter, however,thejudgementwasreversed,andhisseigneuriesweresaved,butitwastoolateforhim.InSketches ofCelebratedCanadians,itwasreportedthatfollowingtheverdict, Hegentlymadehiswaythroughthecrowd,and,goingtohislodgings,withoutspeakingoneword,entered hisroomandlockedthedoor.Onitsbeingburstnextmorning,hiscravatwasfoundedneatlyfoldeduponan armofthesofa,uponwhichhelayinarecliningposition,stonedead.Hehadnotcommittedsuicidebut, proudandsensative,hewasabsolutelykilledbythehumiliationofsuchaverdict. ThoughConradGugywasnotmarried,hisseigneurieswerelefttoElizabethWilkinson,wholivedwithhim athismanorhouse.Afterherdeath,byhiswill,theyweretopasstohisbrother,butashehadpredeceased her,theywerepassedontoConrad'snephew,LouisGugy. In1980,astreetRueConradGugywasnamedforhiminYamachiche,Quebec.

    Externallinks
    BiographyattheDictionaryofCanadianBiographyOnline(http://www.biographi.ca/009004119.01 e.php?&id_nbr=1926) Gugy'sBiographyinFrenchontheYamachichewebsite(http://yamachiche.ca/toponymie/conrad gugy.html) TheHaldimandCollectioncontainhundredsofreferencesregardingactivitiesofConradGugybetween 1762and1784(http://www.haldimandcollection.ca)

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