Simcoe, John Graves, 1752-1806
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Variants
- Simcoe, Lieutenant-Colonel, 1752-1896
Additional Information
Birth Date
- 1752-02-25
Death Date
- 1806-10-26
Has Affiliation
- Organization: Great Britain. Army
Associated Locale
- Exeter (England)
Birth Place
- Cotterstock (England)
Associated Language
- English
Field of Activity
(lcsh) Armed forces
Occupation
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Sources
- found: NUCMC data from Indiana Historical Society for Northwest Territory collection, 1721-1838(John Graves Simcoe)
- found: LC data base, 2-14-92(hdg.: Simcoe, John Graves, 1752-1806)
- found: NLC(hdg.: Simcoe, John Graves, 1752-1806)
- found: Mac. dic. of Canadian bio., 1978(John Graves Simcoe; lieut.-govr. of Upper Canada (1791-1796); b. Cotterstock, Eng.; educated at Eton and Oxford; British army officer during Revolutionary War; after service in Canada was appointed govr. of San Domingo; 1806 appointed commander-in-chief of India but died before taking up post)
- found: Oxford DNB online, 12 Sept. 2014(John Graves Simcoe (1752-1806), army officer and colonial governor, was born on 25 February 1752 at Cotterstock, Northamptonshire; in 1791 he was appointed lieutenant-governor of the new province of Upper Canada, under the Canadian governor-in-chief; he died on 26 October 1806 in Exeter)
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Change Notes
- 1992-02-14: new
- 2014-09-13: revised
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