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BENOIST, ANTOINE-GABRIEL-FRANÇOIS, officer; b. 6 Oct. 1715 in Paris, France, son of Gabriel Benoist and Françoise de Trevet; m. 11 Nov. 1743 in Montreal (Que.) Marie-Louise, daughter of Captain Jacques Le Ber de Senneville; d. 23 Jan. 1776 at Bourges, France.
Antoine-Gabriel-François Benoist entered the army as a cadet in 1734 and left France the following year to serve in Canada. In 1739 he took part in the campaign led by Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne* de Bienville, governor of Louisiana, against the Chickasaws. Made a second ensign on 1 April 1741, he was promoted ensign in 1745. He served as adjutant under François-Pierre de Rigaud de Vaudreuil in northern New York during the summer of 1747. Benoist then spent some time at Fort Saint-Frédéric (near Crown Point, N.Y.) and in 1748 was named adjutant in Montreal. Promoted lieutenant on 1 May 1749, he was sent to France in October to raise recruits. On his return he resumed his duties as adjutant. In 1752 he was appointed commandant of Fort du Lac-des-Deux-Monta
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20/3/1895 - 9/9/1944
Record updated 14-Apr-23
Benoist served during World War I and took up racing in the early 1920s. In 1927 he won the French, Spanish, Italian and British Grand Prix for Delage. He later joined Bugatti and won the Spa 24 hour race in an Alfa Romeo. He won Le Mans in 1937 with Jean-Pierre Wimille before retiring. In WWII he served in the Special Operations Executive as a secret agent. Eventually arrested by the Gestapo in June 1944 he was taken to Büchenwald where he was executed on September 9 1944.
Born in St Benoit, near Rambouillet, Île-de-France, France, Robert was the son of the gamekeeper of Baron Henri de Rothschild, a member of the wealthy Rothschild family. As a young man, Benoist served during World War I in the French infantry, then as a fighter pilot in the new Armée de l'Air and ultimately as a flying instructor.
Benoist on his way to FTD at the 1923 Avenue des Acacias Record Day driving a Salmson.
Looking for excitement in the post-war world, Benoist joined the de Marçay car company as a test driver. He then moved
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Melissa Benoist
American actress and singer
Melissa Marie Benoist (bə-NOYST;[1] born October 4, 1988)[2][3] is an American actress and singer. Her first major role was Marley Rose on the Fox musical comedy drama Glee (2012–2014), in which she was a series regular during the fifth season. She rose to widespread prominence for portraying the title character on the CBS/CW superhero series Supergirl (2015–2021), supported by related media in the Arrowverse franchise.
Benoist's film appearances include the drama Whiplash (2014), the comedy drama Danny Collins (2015), the crime comedyBand of Robbers (2015), the romantic Western The Longest Ride (2015), the action thriller Patriots Day (2016), the drama Lowriders (2016), and the comedy drama Sun Dogs (2017). She also portrayed the wife of cult leader David Koresh on the Paramount Network miniseries Waco (2018). On stage, Benoist made her Broadway debut in 2018 as Carole King in the jukebox musicalBeautiful: The Carole King Musical.
Early life and education
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