Colonel
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Le Colonel | The Colonel
The colonel was a senior military officer that commanded the militias of a government or part of a government. In New-France, there were three governments: Québec, Trois-Rivières and Montréal. He was assisted by a lieutenant-colonel.
"General Sir Frederick Haldimand, K.B., 1718-1791, Colonel of the 60th Foot, and Governor of Quebec" (1890 drawing, artist unknown, Wikimedia Commons).
Charles Philippe of France, colonel-general of the Suisse Grisons ("Charles Philippe de France, comte d'Artois, frère du roi, colonel général des suisses Grisons", 1770 print by Nicolaus Hoffmann, Wikimedia Commons).
Sources:
Marcel Trudel, Histoire de la Nouvelle-France X: Le régime militaire et la disparition de la Nouvelle-France 1759-1764 (Montreal: Les Editions Fides, 1999), 89.