Jean-Louis Le Loutre

Jean-Louis Le Loutre
Vicar general Le Loutre
Born	September 26, 1709 Morlaix, France
Died	September 30, 1772 (age 63) Nantes, France
Allegiance	France
Service/branch	French missionary
Rank	Vicar General of Acadia
Battles/wars	King George's War Siege of Annapolis Royal (1744) Duc d'Anville Expedition Battle of Grand Pré Father Le Loutre’s War Battle at Chignecto (1749) Siege of Grand Pre Raid on Dartmouth (1751) Acadian Exodus Battle of Fort Beauséjour
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Abbé Jean-Louis Le Loutre (French: [ʒɑ̃lwi ləlutʁ]; 26 September 1709 – 30 September 1772) was a Catholic priest and missionary for the Paris Foreign Missions Society. Le Loutre became the leader of the French forces and the Acadian and Mi'kmaq militias during King George's War and Father Le Loutre's War in the eighteenth-century struggle for power between the French, Acadians, and Miꞌkmaq against the British over Acadia (present-day Nova Scotia and New Brunswick).