Alexandre Menut
Encyclopedia
Alexandre Menut was a businessman and political figure in Lower Canada
.
He was born in France
and came to Quebec
as a cook for Governor James Murray
, later performing the same job for Governor Guy Carleton
. In 1768, he opened an inn at Quebec City
; he opened a tavern the following year. He was a member of the militia but did not participate in the defence of the town during the American
invasion of 1775-6; Benedict Arnold
set up headquarters there. His inn suffered damages during the invasion and he opened a new establishment in 1782. He was a member of the Quebec Fire Society. In 1796, Menut was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada
for Cornwallis, supporting the parti canadien
. He was reelected in 1800 and generally supported the English party.
He died between March 1804 and March 1806.
His son Henry
also later served in the legislative assembly.
Lower Canada
The Province of Lower Canada was a British colony on the lower Saint Lawrence River and the shores of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence...
.
He was born in France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
and came to Quebec
Province of Quebec (1763-1791)
The Province of Quebec was a colony in North America created by Great Britain after the Seven Years' War. Great Britain acquired Canada by the Treaty of Paris when King Louis XV of France and his advisors chose to keep the territory of Guadeloupe for its valuable sugar crops instead of New France...
as a cook for Governor James Murray
James Murray (military officer)
James Murray FRS was a British soldier, whose lengthy career included service as colonial administrator and governor of the Province of Quebec and later as Governor of Minorca from 1778 to 1782.-Early life:He was a younger son of Alexander Murray, 4th Lord Elibank, and his wife Elizabeth...
, later performing the same job for Governor Guy Carleton
Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester
Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, KB , known between 1776 and 1786 as Sir Guy Carleton, was an Irish-British soldier and administrator...
. In 1768, he opened an inn at Quebec City
Quebec City
Quebec , also Québec, Quebec City or Québec City is the capital of the Canadian province of Quebec and is located within the Capitale-Nationale region. It is the second most populous city in Quebec after Montreal, which is about to the southwest...
; he opened a tavern the following year. He was a member of the militia but did not participate in the defence of the town during the American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
invasion of 1775-6; Benedict Arnold
Benedict Arnold
Benedict Arnold V was a general during the American Revolutionary War. He began the war in the Continental Army but later defected to the British Army. While a general on the American side, he obtained command of the fort at West Point, New York, and plotted to surrender it to the British forces...
set up headquarters there. His inn suffered damages during the invasion and he opened a new establishment in 1782. He was a member of the Quebec Fire Society. In 1796, Menut was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada
Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada
The Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada was the lower house of the bicameral structure of provincial government in Lower Canada until 1838. The legislative assembly was created by the Constitutional Act of 1791...
for Cornwallis, supporting the parti canadien
Parti canadien
The Parti canadien or Parti patriote was a political party in what is now Quebec founded by members of the liberal elite of Lower Canada at the beginning of the 19th century...
. He was reelected in 1800 and generally supported the English party.
He died between March 1804 and March 1806.
His son Henry
Henry Menut
Henry Menut was a political figure in Lower Canada. He represented Drummond in the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada from 1836 until the suspension of the constitution in 1838....
also later served in the legislative assembly.