Sir Francis Bond Head

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Sir Francis Bond Head was a 19th-century British soldier, author, and colonial administrator best known for serving as Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada during the Rebellions of 1837.

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Sir Francis Bond Head canonical 6

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instanceOf British colonial administrator ⓘ
human ⓘ
soldier ⓘ
appointedBy Colonial Office of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Colonial Office
awardReceived Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath ⓘ
birthDate 1793-01-01 ⓘ
birthPlace Higham, Kent, England ⓘ
burialPlace St. John’s Churchyard, Dorking ⓘ
conflict Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
continentOfCitizenship Europe ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Great Britain ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
deathDate 1875-07-20 ⓘ
deathPlace Dorking, Surrey, England ⓘ
describedBySource Dictionary of Canadian Biography ⓘ
Encyclopaedia Britannica ⓘ
educatedAt Rugby School ⓘ
endTime 1838-03-23 ⓘ
ethnicGroup English ⓘ
familyName Head ⓘ
givenName Francis ⓘ
hasTitle Lieutenant-Governor ⓘ
honorificPrefix Sir ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf Privy Council of the United Kingdom ⓘ
linked to: Privy Council
militaryBranch British Army ⓘ
militaryRank major ⓘ
monarchDuringTerm Queen Victoria ⓘ
William IV ⓘ
notableEvent suppression of the Upper Canada Rebellion of 1837 ⓘ
notableFor role in the Rebellions of 1837 in Upper Canada ⓘ
notableWork A Narrative ⓘ
Bubbles from the Brunnens of Nassau ⓘ
The Emigrant ⓘ
occupation author ⓘ
colonial administrator ⓘ
soldier ⓘ
officeJurisdiction Upper Canada ⓘ
politicalAlignment Tory ⓘ
positionHeld Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada ⓘ
precededBy Sir John Colborne ⓘ
residence Toronto, Upper Canada ⓘ
linked to: York, Upper Canada
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Julia Valenza Somerville ⓘ
startTime 1836-01-23 ⓘ
succeededBy Sir George Arthur ⓘ
timePeriod 19th century ⓘ

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Francis Bond Head → fullName → Sir Francis Bond Head ⓘ
Bond Head → namedAfter → Sir Francis Bond Head ⓘ
The Defenceless State of Great Britain → author → Sir Francis Bond Head ⓘ
James Roper Mendes Head → father → Sir Francis Bond Head ⓘ
Julia Valenza Somerville → spouse → Sir Francis Bond Head ⓘ