Manoir de Vaudreuil
Vaudreuil, Quebec
Built in 1829, for Robert Unwin Harwood (1798-1863) and his wife, Louise-Josephte de Lotbinière (1803-1869). After the British Conquest of Quebec in 1763, Mrs Harwood's grandfather, the Marquis de Lotbinière, bought the Seigneury of Vaudreuil from his cousin, the Marquis de Vaudreuil who was returning to France having served as the last Governor-General of New France. Mrs Harwood was styled as the Seigneuresse de Vaudreuil and took possession of the 48,821-acre estate in 1829. She and her husband took leave of society and his business in Montreal to devote themselves entirely to the running of the seigneury and on their arrival built this imposing stone manor house (three stories high over a raised basement) for their growing family....
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When the old Seigneurial system of New France was abolished in 1854, Vaudreuil was subdivided and sold for over $1 million. Robert Unwin Harwood died at the manor in 1863: "much respected... indulgent to his tenantry, of unspotted reputation, courteous and considerate to all with whom he had relations.” His widow remained here, but one year after her death (1870) their stone mansion was destroyed by a fire. Today, several of their many descendants are still resident at - and intimately connected with - Vaudreuil.
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Contributed by Mark Meredith on 23/10/2021 and last updated on 06/01/2022.
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