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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.
John Graves Simcoe (25 de fevereiro de 1752 - 26 de outubro de 1806) foi o primeiro governador geral do Canadá Superior (atual sul do Ontário) e das regiões em torno da Baía Georgian e do Lago Superior, entre 1791 e 1796.
7 de fev. de 2006 · Learn about John Graves Simcoe, the first lieutenant-governor of Upper Canada, who served in the American Revolutionary War and passed the Act Against Slavery. Find out his achievements, failures and legacy in this comprehensive biography.
Learn about the life and career of John Graves Simcoe, a British Army officer who led the Queen’s Rangers, a highly effective partisan unit in the Revolutionary War. Read how he was wounded three times, captured by Patriots, and became the first governor of Upper Canada.
8 de abr. de 2024 · John Graves Simcoe was a British soldier and statesman who became the first lieutenant governor of Upper Canada (present-day Ontario). Simcoe—educated at Exeter Grammar School, Eton College, and Oxford University—entered the British army as an ensign in 1770.
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17 de jun. de 2015 · Learn about John Graves Simcoe, the first Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada, who shaped the nation by naming places, establishing York, and restricting the slave trade. Find out his biography, military career, and death in this U.S. National Park Service page.
Learn about the life and achievements of John Graves Simcoe, the first Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada. Explore his military career, his role in establishing the civil government and his relations with the Indians and the loyalists.
