Читать книгу The Lieutenant-Governors of Upper Canada and Ontario 1792-1899 - David Breakenridge Read - Страница 10
SIR ISAAC BROCK, PRESIDENT. SIR ROGER HALE SHEAFFE, PRESIDENT. SIR FRANCIS DE ROTTENBURG, PRESIDENT. SIR GORDON DRUMMOND, PROVISIONAL LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR. SIR GEORGE MURRAY, PROVISIONAL LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR. SIR FREDERICK PHIPPS ROBINSON, PROVISIONAL LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR.
ОглавлениеBrock meets Legislature, February 3rd, 1812—War with United States—Falls at Queenston Heights October 13th, 1812—Sir Roger Sheaffe's military career—Takes command at Battle of Queenston Heights—Created Baronet in reward—Evacuation of York, April, 1813—Succeeded by Sir Gordon Drummond—Born, 1771, at Quebec—Serves in the Low Countries—Canada, 1813—Storming of Fort Niagara—Battle of Lundy's Lane—Attacks Fort Erie—Resigns, 1816—Death in 1854. Sir George Murray—Birth and education—Distinguished army life—Peninsular war—Canada in 1815—Arrives at York and takes oath of office—Leaves Canada—Governor of Edinburgh Castle, 1818—Sandhurst—Colonial Secretary under Duke of Wellington—Death, 28th July, 1846. Sir Frederick Phipps Robinson, Governor, July 1st, 1815—Related to Chief Justice Robinson—Serves till Governor Gore's return in 1816
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