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John Graves Simcoe (25 February 1752 – 26 October 1806) was a British Army general and the first lieutenant governor of Upper Canada from 1791 until 1796 in southern Ontario and the watersheds of Georgian Bay and Lake Superior.
Feb 7, 2006 · John Graves Simcoe, army officer, lieutenant-governor of Upper Canada (born 25 February 1752 in Cotterstock, Britain; died 26 October 1806 in Exeter, Britain).
Jun 11, 2024 · John Graves Simcoe (born February 25, 1752, Cotterstock, Northamptonshire, England—died October 26, 1806, Exeter, Devonshire) was a British soldier and statesman who became the first lieutenant governor of Upper Canada (present-day Ontario).
John Graves Simcoe: a Queen’s Ranger in the American Revolution. Leader of the most successful British partisan unit in the Revolutionary War, Simcoe’s troops plagued American forces from New York to South Carolina. This article appears in: February 2011. By Mike Phifer.
Apr 13, 2015 · There was a real Capt. John Graves Simcoe in 1776, who later came up against the Culper Ring. The source material for Turn, the book Washington’s Spies by Alexander Rose, refers to that Simcoe...
John Graves Simcoe was a General of the British Army who later served as the first Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada, which later became Ontario. He helped in the establishment of institutions such as courts of law, freehold land tenure, trial by jury, and English common law. He also contributed to the abolition of slavery in Canada.
Jun 17, 2015 · John Graves Simcoe served as the first Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada, from 1791 to 1796, and was significant in shaping the nation.
Simcoe died just plain John Graves Simcoe, one of the few British lieutenant generals of that time who was not knighted. Such are the fortuitous turns of events in history. His reputation was high enough with the war office, but not with the fountainheads of honours - the King and Prince Regent.
Feb 26, 2015 · Following a first class education at Exeter, Eton, and Oxford, John Graves Simcoe entered British military service in 1771 as an ensign in the 35th Regiment. As a result of distiguished service at the Battle of Brandywine, Simcoe was selected as the new commander of the Provincial Queen's Rangers, a Loyalist unit.
John Graves Simcoe, Upper Canada's first Lieutenant Governor, opened the doors to American settlers who were not Loyalists. (As portrayed in Canada: A People's History)
