François-Guillaume Le Maistre, Attorney-General of Jersey

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alternate birth: 1712

Notes:

Solicitor-General of Jersey, 1750-51; Attorney-General of Jersey, 1751-57.

From Joan Stevens, "Thomas Le Maistre's 18th Century Diary" (citation details below):

The funeral of Francois Guillaume took place with great ceremony and was followed by many volleys of fire; [Thomas Le Maistre] goes on: "He was much regretted and one may say that he was one of the greatest men this Island has produced, being a great and eloquent orator, and in a word he spoke and wrote as he wished, and his name reflects what he was: master in name, master of spirit, of memory, of eloquence, of prudence, of science, of the spoken word, of thought, of penetration, of pleading, of the pen, of politeness, of wisdom, of goodness and affability. One cannot end his eulogy for he was a real master of all talents."

François-Guillaume married Élisabeth Théodore in 1736. Élisabeth (daughter of Jean Théodore and Elizabeth Mourant) died in 1790. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Army officer and colonial administrator. His entry in the Dictionary of Canadian Biography is here.

According to Joan Stevens (citation details below), Gen. Francis Le Maistre married "a Quebec lady, daughter of General Crammil". According to this descent, she was named "Margaret Grammie." According to this monograph about General Le Maistre, she was "Margaret (Stuart) Cramahé", and the circumstances of their marriage, on which the author refrains from expanding, are "intruguing" and "possibly legendary." The Dictionary of Canadian Biography entry on the Irish-born Hector Theophilus Cramahé, holder of various military and administrative offices in 18th-century Quebec and Detroit, ends by noting that "Cramahé was so discreet about his 22-year stay in Canada that it has been impossible to discover whom he married or whether he had children." Finally, according to the Dictionary of Canadian Biography (citation details below), Francis Le Maistre's wife was named Margaret Stuart.

Family/Spouse: Margaret Stuart. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Margaret married Col. John Albeck Clement in 1804 in Holy Trinity Church (Anglican), Québec City, Québec. John (son of John Clement and Mary) was born about 1779 in of Steppe, Hampshire, England; was christened on 12 Aug 1780 in All Saints, Chichester, Sussex, England; died on 10 Jun 1838 in Ceylon; was buried in Galle Face Cemetery, Colombo, Ceylon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Sir Thomas Swinnerton Dyer, 9th Baronet Dyer on 7 Feb 1832 in Woolwich, London, England. Sir (son of Maj.-Gen. Sir John Dyer, K.C.B. and Jane Halliday) was born on 10 Dec 1799; was christened on 9 Jan 1800 in Cottingham, Yorkshire, England; died on 29 Oct 1878; was buried in Brompton Cemetery, London, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married William Ogle Carr on 28 Apr 1836. William was born on 13 Nov 1802 in George Street, Bloomsbury, London, England; was christened on 13 Dec 1802 in St. George's, Bloomsbury, London, England; died on 24 Apr 1856 in Uplands, Colombo, Ceylon; was buried in Galle Face Cemetery, Colombo, Ceylon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]