Career
Bécart de Fonville, was the brother of Charles Bécart de Granville et de Fonville, a king’s attorney. In 1733 he had received the seigneury of Île aux Grues. In 1743 Paul Bécart became commandant of Fort Saint Frédéric on Lake Champlain.
He replaced François-Antoine Pécaudy de Contrecœur.
In 1750 he was made a knight of the order of Saint-Louis particularly because of his service at Fort Saint Frédéric.
