Augustin de Boschenry de Drucour or de Drucourt[1] (signed Chevalier de Drucour, baptized March 27, 1703—August 28, 1762) was a French military officer, who led the French defence in the Siege of Louisbourg.
Samuel Scott's depiction of action between the French ship Mars, en route back to Europe after the great storm, and HMS Nottingham, 11 October 1746
He was a son of Jean-Louis de Boschenry, Baron de Drucourt and Marie-Louise Godard. Drucour joined the French Navy in 1719 as a midshipman in Toulon.
In October 1746, while aboard the Mars, a French naval vessel which was returning to France as part of the failed Duc d'Anville Expedition, he was taken prisoner by the British, and imprisoned for a year before returning to France.
^This latter spelling is the preferred one in French. His birthplace, Drucourt, has been spelled with a final t since the 12th century.
Fortier, John (1974). "Boschenry de Drucour, Augustin de". In Halpenny, Francess G (ed.). Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Vol. III (1741–1770) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press.
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Letter of Governor Drucour to a friend written at Andover, October 1758
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