Michael Grant, 12th Baron de Longueuil
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Michael Grant, 12th Baron de Longueuil (b. 1947), which is the only French colonial title recognised by the King or Queen of Canada. An oncologist by profession, he lives in Nottingham. He assumed the title upon the death of his father Raymond Grant in Pau, France in 2004. Children: Angela (1974), Rachel (1976), Rebecca (1981) and David-Alexander (1984).
The Barons de Longueuil have not lived in Canada for several generations, having been living in England and France. However, they still own the baronial manor in Canada, although its size has been greatly reduced over the centuries.
[edit] Descendants of Charles Le Moyne
The living descendants of Charles Le Moyne, first seigneur de Longueuil, today consist of two branches, Longueuil and Sérigny :
- Longueuil (the elder line), represented by the Grant family, subjects of the British crown, and by the Germain family.
- Sérigny, represented by the "Le Moyne de Sérigny" family, whose arms were altered to indicate their cadet status.
The Barony of Longueuil (of Canada) was created 26 Jan 1700 by Louis XIV, King of France, for Charles Le Moyne, in requital of his eminent services to France, and his Lordship of Longueuil, in Canada, was erected into a Barony, with limitation to his french descendants male and female. The eleventh baron, Raymond David Grant, was a cousin of Queen Elizabeth II, both of them being descendants of Claude Bowes Lyon and his wife Frances Dora née Smith.
- Marie-Charles-Joseph Le Moyne de Longueuil, only child of the third baron de Longueuil, married David Alexander Grant on 7 May 1781.
- Agnès Le Moyne de Longueuil, younger daughter of the second baron de Longueuil, married le chevalier Joseph de Germain (hero of Fort Carillon) on 11 December 1755.
