– February 28, 1778) was from Paris, France and came to Canada at 20 years of age as a soldier in the colonial regular troops.
In 1743 his father obtained his discharge and subsequently an appointment as royal notary in the provost court of Quebec in 1744.
Panet was active in the legal community of Quebec during the Seven Years' War and evidently was a key figure in the days after the plains of Abraham and the articles of capitulation.
Panet was married and had 14 children, a number of whom were to make significant contributions of their own to Canada.
Jean-Antoine Panet became a politician, speaker of the Lower Canada House of Assembly and an important political figure.