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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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