Hector Theophilus de Cramahé (1 October 1720 – 9 June 1788), born Théophile Hector Chateigner de Cramahé, was Lieutenant-Governor of the Province of 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...

, and titular Lieutenant Governor of Detroit.

He was born in Dublin, the son of a Huguenot

Huguenot

The Huguenots were members of the Protestant Reformed Church of France during the 16th and 17th centuries. Since the 17th century, people who formerly would have been called Huguenots have instead simply been called French Protestants, a title suggested by their German co-religionists, the...

, Captain Hector Francois Chataigner de Cramahé

Hector Francois Chataigner de Cramahé

Captain Hector Francois Chataigner de Cramahé, Chevalier, Seigneur de Cramahé et des Rochers was a Huguenot officer who assisted William of Orange in the taking of the British throne....

, Seigneur de Cramahé et des Rochers. His father served as aide de camp to the leader of William III

William III of England

William III & II was a sovereign Prince of Orange of the House of Orange-Nassau by birth. From 1672 he governed as Stadtholder William III of Orange over Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht, Guelders, and Overijssel of the Dutch Republic. From 1689 he reigned as William III over England and Ireland...

's Huguenot regiments, Henri de Massue, 1st Earl of Galway

Henri de Massue, 1st Earl of Galway

Henri de Massue, Marquis de Ruvigny, afterward Earl of Galway PC was a French Huguenot soldier and diplomat who was influential in the English service in the Nine Years' War and the War of the Spanish Succession.-Biography:...

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He began his military career in 1740 and in January, 1741 was appointed an ensign in the 15th Regiment of Foot and with the rank of lieutenant in April. On March 12, 1754 he became Captain and in 1758 went with his regiment to America where it took part in the Siege of Louisbourg

Siege of Louisbourg (1758)

The Siege of Louisbourg was a pivotal battle of the Seven Years' War in 1758 which ended the French colonial era in Atlantic Canada and led directly to the loss of Quebec in 1759 and the remainder of French North America the following year.-Background:The British government realized that with the...

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During the absence of General Carleton, on June 6, 1771, he was made lieutenant governor of the Province of 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...

. His administration ending with the return of Carleton on September 18, 1774. He held this title until April 1782 through much of the American War of Independence. In 1786 he was appointed lieutenant governor of Detroit.

He died at his residence near Exeter in Devon, England.