Lieutenant-General John Graves Simcoe 1752-1806
On a tour of the Ontario Legislature at Queen's Park, you will see many portraits and plaques. Here are the ones regarding John Graves Simcoe. The Archaeological and Historic Sites Board of Ontario plaque says:
Born in Cotterstock, Northamptonshire, Simcoe entered the army in 1770, and during the American Revolution commanded the 1st American Regiment (Queen's Rangers). In 1791 he was appointed the first Lieutenant-Governor of the newly formed Province of Upper Canada. During his energetic administration, he improved communications, encouraged immigration and founded York (Toronto). In 1796 he returned to Wolford, his estate in Devonshire, England, but during 1797 served as Governor and military commander in British-occupied St. Domingo (Haiti). He commanded the Western Military District, 1801-06, when England was threatened with French invasion. Appointed Commander-in-Chief of India in 1806, Simcoe died before taking up that post.
Location Co-ordinates: 43.662385 -79.391681
Photo by Alan L Brown - March 2004
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Elizabeth Posthuma Simcoe
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