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John Graves Simcoe

Simcoe was born in Northamptonshire and educated at Oxford. He joined the British army in 1771, and from 1771-81 commanded the Queen’s Rangers, a Loyalist corps in America. After the Loyalist influx had led to the creation of a separate province of Upper Canada in 1791, Simcoe was named its first lieutenant-governor. During his five years of office the province’s basically British and monarchial character and institutions took shape. After he left Canada in 1796 he held a succession of military and colonial offices, and died in Exeter shortly after being appointed commander-in-chief for India.

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John Graves Simcoe

Né à Northamptonshire, Simcoe étudia à Oxford puis s’enrôla dans l’armée en 1771. De 1777 à 1781, il commanda les Queen’s Rangers, unité loyaliste d’Amérique. L’arrivée massive des Loyalistes provoquant la création d’une nouvelle province en 1791, Simcoe fut le premier lieutenant-gouverneur du Haut-Canada et, pendant son mandat, il imprima aux institutions de la province un caractère britannique et monarchique. Après son départ en 1796, il occupa divers postes dans l’armée et dans les colonies britanniques. Il mourut à Exeter peu de temps après avoir été nommé commandant en chef de l’armée aux Indes.

Location: 297 Ricardo St, Niagara-on-the-Lake, ON L0S 1J0
Emplacement : 297, rue Ricardo, Niagara-on-the-Lake
Coordinates · Coordonnées: 43.252369, -79.059522
Source: Parks Canada – Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada commemorative plaques (Directory of Federal Heritage Designations)
Licence · Permission: Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada
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