Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester

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Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, was a prominent British military commander and colonial administrator best known for his leadership in Canada during the American Revolutionary era.

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Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester canonical 11
1st Baron Dorchester 1

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instanceOf British Army officer ⓘ
colonial administrator ⓘ
human ⓘ
peer of the Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
allegiance Great Britain ⓘ
appointedBy King George III ⓘ
birthDate 1724-09-03 ⓘ
birthPlace Strabane, County Tyrone, Ireland ⓘ
linked to: Strabane
burialPlace St Swithun's Church, Nately Scures, Hampshire, England ⓘ
commanded British garrison at Quebec ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
createdPeerage 1786 ⓘ
deathDate 1808-11-10 ⓘ
deathPlace Maidenhead, Berkshire, England ⓘ
linked to: Maidenhead
endTime as Governor of Quebec: 1778 ⓘ
as Governor-in-Chief of British North America: 1796 ⓘ
familyName Carleton ⓘ
givenName Guy ⓘ
honorificTitle 1st Baron Dorchester ⓘ
knownFor organization of Loyalist resettlement in British North America ⓘ
policies toward French Canadians ⓘ
support of the Quebec Act of 1774 ⓘ
legacy considered a key architect of British Canada ⓘ
militaryBranch British Army ⓘ
militaryRank general ⓘ
nobleTitle Baron Dorchester ⓘ
notableFor defense of Quebec during the American Revolutionary War ⓘ
governorship of the Province of Quebec ⓘ
role in the evacuation of British forces and Loyalists from New York ⓘ
oversaw evacuation of New York City in 1783 ⓘ
participatedIn American Revolutionary War ⓘ
Battle of Quebec (1775) ⓘ
Battle of the Plains of Abraham ⓘ
Seven Years' War ⓘ
peerageOf Peerage of Great Britain ⓘ
positionHeld Commander-in-Chief, North America ⓘ
Governor General of British North America ⓘ
Governor of the Province of Quebec ⓘ
Lieutenant Governor of Quebec ⓘ
religion Anglicanism ⓘ
residence London ⓘ
linked to: London, England

Quebec City ⓘ
sibling Thomas Carleton ⓘ
spouse Lady Maria Howard ⓘ
startTime as Governor of Quebec: 1768 ⓘ
as Governor-in-Chief of British North America: 1786 ⓘ
supported maintenance of French civil law in Quebec ⓘ

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Commander-in-Chief, North America → hasNotableCommander → Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester ⓘ
Guy Carleton → honorificTitle → 1st Baron Dorchester ⓘ
linked to: Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester
Carleton County, Ontario → namedAfter → Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester ⓘ
James Murray → successor → Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester ⓘ
Baron Dorchester → firstHolder → Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester ⓘ
subject linked to: 1st Baron Dorchester
Baron Dorchester → hasFirstHolder → Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester ⓘ
Baron Dorchester → notableHolder → Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester ⓘ
Baron Dorchester → hasHolder → Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester ⓘ
Lady Maria Howard → spouse → Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester ⓘ
St Swithun's Church, Nately Scures, Hampshire, England → burialPlaceOf → Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester ⓘ
Governor of Lower Canada → officeHolder → Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester ⓘ