Lieutenant Governors of the Province of Quebec (1763-1791) - Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, KB (Strabane, Co. Tyrone, Ireland, September 3, 1724 November 10, 1808 Stubbings, Maidenhead, Berkshire), known between 1776 and 1786 as Sir Guy Carleton, was an Irish-British 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 from 1785 to 1795. He commanded British troops in the American War of Independence, first leading the defence of Quebec during the 1775 rebel invasion and the 1776 counteroffensive that drove the rebels from the province, and then in 1782 and 1783 as the commander-in-chief of all British forces in North America. In this capacity he oversaw the evacuation of British forces, Loyalists and thousands of freed slaves from New York in 1783. The military and political career of his younger brother Thomas Carleton was interwoven with his own career. Guy Carleton was born to a Protestant military family that had lived in Ireland since the 17th century, and was one of four brothers that served in the British military. When he was fourteen his father, Christopher Carleton died, and his mother remarried. He received a limited education. In 1742, at the age of 17, he was commissioned as an Ensign in the 25th Regiment of Foot and in which in 1745 he was made a Lieutenant. During this period he became a friend of James Wolfe; he may also have served with Wolfe at the Battle of Culloden during the Jacobite Rebellion. Two of his brothers, William and Thomas, also joined the army. Bergen-op-Zoom where Guy Carleton first saw action in 1747. His son, George Carleton, would be killed in a later battle there.In 1740 the War of the Austrian Succession had broken out in Europe... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=239613