Michel-Ange Duquesne de Menneville, Marquis Duquesne (c. 1700 – 17 September 1778) was a French Governor General of New France. He was born in Toulon, France.
In 1758, he led a French squadron out of Toulon, intended to relieve another French squadron which had been sailing to Louisbourg to provide relief to the defenders there, but had been forced into Cartagena in neutral Spain. However, Duquesne was attacked by a British force led by Henry Osborne and two of his ships were captured, including his own flagship. The ultimate result of the action was to deny Louisbourg any chance of relief, and it surrendered later in the year.
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