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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).
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.
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 was the leader of the most successful British partisan unit in the Revolutionary War from New York to South Carolina.
2 days ago · John Graves Simcoe is a towering figure in the history of early Ontario. He was the first Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada. He was responsible for moving the provincial capital from Newark (now Niagara-on-the-Lake) to Toronto. He began construction of Yonge Street. And he moved to abolish slavery in Upper Canada (though it didn’t apply to ...
While John Graves Simcoe occupies a modest and very minor place in English history, he holds a distinctive honour in the history of our province. He was Upper Canada's first lieutenant-governor and the most effective of all British officials dispatched from London to preside over a pioneer society.
In 2002, the Ontario Heritage Trust presented this online exhibit to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the birth of John Graves Simcoe – Ontario's first Lieutenant-Governor. It demonstrates the profound influence Simcoe had on the shaping of Ontario.
SIMCOE, JOHN GRAVES, army officer and colonial administrator: b. 25 Feb. 1752 in Cotterstock, England, son of Captain John Simcoe, a naval officer, and Katherine Stamford; m. 30 Dec. 1782 Elizabeth Posthuma Gwillim*, and they had 11 children; d. 26 Oct. 1806 in Exeter, England.
In 1791, Canada was divided into two parts, Upper and Lower Canada, and John Graves Simcoe was called to be the first Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada. On July 1, 1792, Simcoe arrived in Kingston and set up his government there.
Jun 27, 2018 · British commander of the Queen's Rangers. Son of a Royal Navy captain who died at Quebec in 1759, John Simcoe was schooled at Exeter Grammar School, Eton College, and Merton College, Oxford, before becoming an ensign in the Thirty-Fifth Foot on 27 April 1770.
