Jean-Baptiste Nicolas Roch de Ramezay

Jean-Baptiste Nicolas Roch de Ramezay
Born(1708-09-04)4 September 1708
Died7 May 1777(1777-05-07) (aged 68)
BranchMarines
Service years1719–1759
RankCaptain
ConflictsBattle of Grand Pré
Battle of the Plains of Abraham
AwardsOrder of Saint Louis
Other workColonial Administrator, New France

Jean-Baptiste Nicolas Roch, Seigneur de Ramezay, (4 September 1708, in Montreal, New France – 7 May 1777, in Blaye, France) was an officer of the marines and colonial administrator for New France during the 18th century. Joining at age 11, as an ensign, he fought campaigns against the Meskwaki tribe in Illinois, and the British in Acadia. In 1759, during the Seven Years' War, as the King's lieutenant; he signed, in the name of Louis XV, the Articles of Capitulation of Quebec, for which he was later criticised.