Hector Francois Chataigner de Cramahé
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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.
Originating from the area of La Rochelle
on the French western coast where his family owned the Château de Cramahé, after the Revocation of the edict of Nantes he and his brothers fled, himself as a soldier in William of Orange
's army and the others Henry Augustus and Alexandre Thésée, Sieur de Lisle to South Carolina
.
At first Captain of a regiment of Foot, he then became Captain of Horse of Galway's regiment, becoming aide de camp to Henri de Massue, 1st Earl of Galway
. Along with numerous other Huguenot officers he settled in Dublin where he received a pension of 4 shillings per day.
He married Marianne, daughter of Jacques de Belrieu, Baron de Virazel, by whom he had numerous children. His son Hector Theophilus de Cramahé
was Lieutenant Governor of the Province of Quebec, and titular Lieutenant Governor of Detroit. His daughter Jeanne married the son of Salomon Blosset de Loche
, from whom descended Colonel John Blossett
and the actors Tyrone Power, Sr.
and Tyrone Power
.
Lord
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de Cramahé et des Rochers was 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...
officer who assisted William of Orange
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...
in the taking of the British throne.
Originating from the area of La Rochelle
La Rochelle
La Rochelle is a city in western France and a seaport on the Bay of Biscay, a part of the Atlantic Ocean. It is the capital of the Charente-Maritime department.The city is connected to the Île de Ré by a bridge completed on 19 May 1988...
on the French western coast where his family owned the Château de Cramahé, after the Revocation of the edict of Nantes he and his brothers fled, himself as a soldier in William of Orange
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 army and the others Henry Augustus and Alexandre Thésée, Sieur de Lisle to South Carolina
South Carolina
South Carolina is a state in the Deep South of the United States that borders Georgia to the south, North Carolina to the north, and the Atlantic Ocean to the east. Originally part of the Province of Carolina, the Province of South Carolina was one of the 13 colonies that declared independence...
.
At first Captain of a regiment of Foot, he then became Captain of Horse of Galway's regiment, becoming aide de camp to 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:...
. Along with numerous other Huguenot officers he settled in Dublin where he received a pension of 4 shillings per day.
He married Marianne, daughter of Jacques de Belrieu, Baron de Virazel, by whom he had numerous children. His son Hector Theophilus de Cramahé
Hector Theophilus de Cramahé
Hector Theophilus de Cramahé , born Théophile Hector Chateigner de Cramahé, was Lieutenant-Governor of the Province of Quebec, and titular Lieutenant Governor of Detroit....
was Lieutenant Governor of the Province of Quebec, and titular Lieutenant Governor of Detroit. His daughter Jeanne married the son of Salomon Blosset de Loche
Salomon Blosset de Loche
Brigadier-General Salomon de Blosset, Seigneur de Loche was a Huguenot army officer.Born in the Dauphiné to Paul de Blosset, Seigneur des Eissarts, from a family of Huguenots who had left their original home of the Nivernais during the French Wars of Religion Brigadier-General Salomon de Blosset,...
, from whom descended Colonel John Blossett
John Blossett
Colonel John Blossett was a British soldier who led the second British Legionto aid Simon Bolivar in the wars of independence against Spain.Born in Ireland, the great-grandson of Huguenot Brigadier-General Salomon Blosset de Loche who had assisted William of Orange in the taking of the British...
and the actors Tyrone Power, Sr.
Tyrone Power, Sr.
Frederick Tyrone Edmond Power was an English-born American stage and screen actor, who acted under the name Tyrone Power.-Early life:Power was born in London in 1869, the son of Harold Littledale Power and Ethel Lavenu...
and Tyrone Power
Tyrone Power
Tyrone Edmund Power, Jr. , usually credited as Tyrone Power and known sometimes as Ty Power, was an American film and stage actor who appeared in dozens of films from the 1930s to the 1950s, often in swashbuckler roles or romantic leads such as in The Mark of Zorro, Blood and Sand, The Black Swan,...
.