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HERALDIC CONSIDERATIONS 757
Paris, in 1691, and his son, Bene S. Chartier, Seigneur de Lotbiniere
in Canada, was civil and criminal magistrate at Quebec
in 1678. He married a daughter of Eustache Lambert, and left
quite a family, among them being his successor, Eustache Chartier,
Seigneur de Lotbiniere, who was ensign of troops, Kings
Counsellor, and married, in 1711, leaving a son, Michel de Chartier,
first Marquis de Lotbiniere, Vaudreuil and Alainville, by
letters patent from King Louis XVI., June 25th, 1784, the title
being granted for diplomatic service rendered the French interests
in Canada against the bad faith of the English democrats,
who were seeking to ignore the Act of Quebec, which confirmed
the ancient Constitution as the supreme law of the land. He
married a daughter of Gaspard Chossegros de Lery in 1787, and
left an only son, Eustache G. M. Chartier, the second Marquis
de Lotbiniere, who married, first a de Tonnancourt, and, secondly,
the widow of Col. Munro, of Foulis, and who left three
daughters, who married respectively, a Bingham, a Harwood,
and a Joly. Sir H. G. Joly of Lotbiniere, Lieut.-Governor of
British Columbia, is a son of the third. The Binghams are the
representatives of this illustrious family to-day.
IBUMBEBBY DE SALABEBBY
Arms:- Party per pale, first division party per fesse, (A) or
a lion, gule (8) armed and membered, (B) or, 2 oxen gules,
horned and hoofed. Second division, gules, a cross, arg., pom-
metee or, within a bordure, az., charged with eight franchis.
Supporters : two angels. Seigneurial Coronet.
History :- This noble family is very ancient in the west of
France and is of royal origin. In 1467, Pierre dIrumberry had
a son, Jean, who was the first Seigneur de Salaberry. In the
18th century, the representative of this family came to Canada
as an officer of seigneurial rank. One of the family was a defender
of Canadian independence during the treachery and confusion
among the people which accompanied the eruption into
the country of Montgomery in 1775-6. In the war of 1812, it was
Col. De Salaberry who was the hero of the last campaign, defeating
at Chateauguay, with only 300 Canadian militia, 5,000 Yankee
troops under General Hampton, who was trying to break

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