Person

Faucher de Saint-Maurice, 1844-1897

1844-1897

Narcisse Henri Édouard Faucher was born on April 18, 1844, in Quebec City, Quebec.
He was a Canadian author, journalist, army officer, and politician who published books under the name Faucher de Saint-Maurice. He studied at the Minor Seminary of Québec and at the Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière College. In 1864 and 1865, he volunteered and served in the French Army of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico. While there, he met Honoré Beaugrand. He returned to Canada in 1866 and began to work as a clerk of the legislative council of the province of Quebec. In 1881, he was elected a representative for Bellechasse to the Quebec legislative assembly as a Conservative. In 1881, he was a commissioner from the province of Quebec at the third Geographical Congress and Exhibition in Venice, and while in Europe, he was created a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor for services rendered to France in the Canadian press. He also had been created a Knight of the Imperial Order of Guadeloupe by Maximilian and received the medal of the Mexican campaign from Napoleon III. He was editor of Le journal de Québec (1883-1885), then wrote for Le Canadien (1885-1886). He contributed largely to the newspaper press in France, Canada, and the United States.

In 1868, he married Josephine Berthelot D'Artigny (1846–1896). He died on April 1, 1897, in Quebec City, Quebec.