Anne Joseph Hippolyte de Maurès, Comte de Malartic

Grave of Malartic in Port-Louis

Anne Joseph Hippolyte de Maurès, Comte de Malartic (3 July 1730, Montauban - 28 July 1800, Port-Louis, Mauritius) was a French colonial governor and general, notable for his service in Canada and Mauritius.

Fate

Governor Malartic died at the age of 70. He suffered a stroke on 26 July 1800 while going to church, and died two days later.

The Canadian town of Malartic is named after him.

External links

• Quebec History
• Taillemite, Étienne (1979). "Maurès de Malartic, Anne-Joseph-Hippolyte de, , Comte de Malartic". In Halpenny, Francess G. Dictionary of Canadian Biography. IV (1771–1800) (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. 
• Mauritius