General Sir William Fenwick Williams,1st Baronet was a Nova Scotian military leader for the British during the Victorian era.
British North America comprised the colonial territories of the British Empire in North America from 1783 onwards. English colonisation of North America began in the 16th century in Newfoundland,then further south at Roanoke and Jamestown,Virginia,and more substantially with the founding of the Thirteen Colonies along the Atlantic Coast of North America.
Guy Carleton,1st Baron Dorchester,known between 1776 and 1786 as Sir Guy Carleton,was an Anglo-Irish soldier and administrator. He twice served as Governor of the Province of Quebec,from 1768 to 1778,concurrently serving as Governor General of British North America in that time,and again from 1785 to 1795. The title Baron Dorchester was created on 21 August 1786.
General Sir John Coape Sherbrooke,was a British soldier and colonial administrator. After serving in the British army in Nova Scotia,the Netherlands,India,the Mediterranean,and Spain,he was appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Nova Scotia in 1811. During the War of 1812,his policies and victory in the conquest of present-day Maine,renaming it the colony of New Ireland,led to significant prosperity in Nova Scotia.
Events from the year 1867 in Canada.
Events from the year 1868 in Canada.
Events from the year 1869 in Canada.
Events from the year 1871 in Canada.
Events from the year 1873 in Canada.
Events from the year 1865 in Canada.
Sir George Prévost,1st Baronet was a British Army officer and colonial administrator who is most well known as the "Defender of Canada" during the War of 1812. Born in New Jersey,the eldest son of Genevan Augustine Prévost,he joined the British Army as a youth and became a captain in 1784. Prévost served in the West Indies during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars,and was commander of St. Vincent from 1794 to 1796. He became Lieutenant-Governor of Saint Lucia from 1798 to 1802 and Governor of Dominica from 1802 to 1805. He is best known to history for serving as both the civilian Governor General and the military Commander in Chief in British North America during the War of 1812 between Britain and the United States.
The office of Commander-in-Chief,North America was a military position of the British Army. Established in 1755 in the early years of the Seven Years' War,holders of the post were generally responsible for land-based military personnel and activities in and around those parts of North America that Great Britain either controlled or contested. The post continued to exist until 1775,when Lieutenant-General Thomas Gage,the last holder of the post,was replaced early in the American War of Independence. The post's responsibilities were then divided:Major-General William Howe became Commander-in-Chief,America,responsible for British troops from West Florida to Newfoundland,and General Guy Carleton became Commander-in-Chief,Quebec,responsible for the defence of the Province of Quebec.
Lieutenant-General Sir Colin Campbell was a British Army officer and colonial governor.
Sir Malachy Bowes Daly was a Canadian politician and the seventh Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia.
John Parr was a British military officer and governor of Nova Scotia. He is buried in the crypt of St. Paul's Church (Halifax).
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Nova Scotia is a Canadian province located in Canada's Maritimes. The region was initially occupied by Mi'kmaq. The colonial history of Nova Scotia includes the present-day Canadian Maritime provinces and the northern part of Maine,all of which were at one time part of Nova Scotia. In 1763 Cape Breton Island and St. John's Island became part of Nova Scotia. In 1769,St. John's Island became a separate colony. Nova Scotia included present-day New Brunswick until that province was established in 1784. During the first 150 years of European settlement,the colony was primarily made up of Catholic Acadians,Maliseet and Mi'kmaq. During the latter seventy-five years of this time period,there were six colonial wars that took place in Nova Scotia. After agreeing to several peace treaties,this long period of warfare ended with the Halifax Treaties (1761) and two years later when the British defeated the French in North America (1763). During these wars,Acadians,Mi'kmaq and Maliseet from the region fought to protect the border of Acadia from New England. They fought the war on two fronts:the southern border of Acadia,which New France defined as the Kennebec River in southern Maine. The other front was in Nova Scotia and involved preventing New Englanders from taking the capital of Acadia,Port Royal,establishing themselves at Canso.
The Halifax Volunteer Battalion (1860–1868) included six companies that were raised in present-day Halifax Regional Municipality. The six companies included the Scottish Rifles,Chebucto Grays,Mayflower Rifles,Halifax Rifles,Irish Volunteers and Dartmouth Rifles which were all raised in the fall of 1859. The upper ranks of the battalion was made up of distinguished people from the community filling the ranks of officers. The battalion served ceremonial functions,raised money for charities as well as defended the city against possible military threat during the Fenian Raids. The present-day The Halifax Rifles (RCAC) descended from the 63rd regiment of the Battalion.
This is a list of officers who commanded the Regular Troops of the British Army in Canada until 1906,when the last British garrison was withdrawn.
The Province of Nova Scotia was heavily involved in the American Revolutionary War (1776–1783). At that time,Nova Scotia also included present-day New Brunswick until that colony was created in 1784. The Revolution had a significant impact on shaping Nova Scotia,"almost the 14th American Colony". At the beginning,there was ambivalence in Nova Scotia over whether the colony should join the Americans in the war against Britain. Largely as a result of American privateer raids on Nova Scotia villages,as the war continued,the population of Nova Scotia solidified their support for the British. Nova Scotians were also influenced to remain loyal to Britain by the presence of British military units,judicial prosecution by the Nova Scotia Governors and the efforts of Reverend Henry Alline.
