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Pierre de Rigaud de Vaudreuil de Cavagnial, marquis de Vaudreuil (22 November 1698 – 4 August 1778) was a Canadian-born colonial governor of French Canada in North America. He was governor of French Louisiana (1743–1753) and in 1755 became the last Governor-General of New France.
In 1755, Pierre de Rigaud de Vaudreuil was appointed to succeed Ange Duquesne de Menneville as governor general of New France . He became the first and only Canadian-born person to hold that position. As governor, Vaudreuil was in charge of the colony’s defence during the Seven Years' War.
Pierre de Rigaud Vaudreuil-Cavagnal, marquis de (pyĕr də rēgō´ märkē´ də vōdrö´yə-kävänyäl´), 1698–1765, last French governor of New France, b. Quebec. Quebec. He was the son of Philippe de Rigaud, marquis de Vaudreuil (1643–1725), also governor (1705–25).
Pierre de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil, was obviously a highly strung, complex person who bottled up his emotions and let no one around him suspect his inner turmoil. His crise de nerfs of 1756 when he sought to be recalled, even though it would have terminated his career, is proof.
- W. J. Eccles
- Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 4
Vaudreuil-Cavagnal, Pierre de Rigaud, Marquis de (1704-1778), last governor of New France (1755-60), was born at Montreal in 1704, the son of Philippe de Rigaud de Vaudreuil and Louise Elisabeth Joybert de Soulanges.
S erving as French governor of Louisiana from 1743 until 1753, Pierre de Vaudreuil was popular with the upper-class colonists and French officials for his elegant manners. He frequently sponsored balls, dinners, and other social events, helping to ease factions among the colony’s residents.
Pierre François de Rigaud, Marquis de Vaudreuil-Cavagnal (1698-1778), was a Canadian-born governor of Louisiana and governor general of New France. He surrendered Canada to the British in 1760.
