SIR

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• FREDERICK
• FREDERICK (Mod. Ger. Friedrich; Ital. Federigo; Fr. Frederic and Federic; M.H.G. Friderich; O.H.G. Fridurih, " king or lord of peace," from O.H.G. fridu, A.S. frith, " peace," and rfh " rich," " a ruler," for derivation of which see HENRY)

FREDERICK

See also:

• SIR FREDERICK HALDIMAND (1718–1791)

HALDIMAND (1718–1791)  , British general and administrator, was born at Yverdun, Neuchatel, Switzerland, on the 11th of August 1718, of Huguenot descent . After serving in the armies of Sardinia, Russia and Holland, he entered British service in 1754, and subsequently naturalized as an English citizen . During the Seven Years' War he served in America, was wounded at Ticonderoga (1758) and was present at the taking of Montreal (176o) . After filling with credit several administrative positions in Canada, Florida and New York, in 1778 he succeeded Sir Guy Carleton (afterwards Lord Dorchester) as governor-general of Canada . His measures against French sympathizers with the Americans have incurred extravagant strictures from French-Canadian historians, but he really showed moderation as well as energy . In 1785 he re-turned to London . He died at his birthplace on the 5th of June 1791 . His life has been well written by Jean McIlwraith in the " Makers of Canada " series (Toronto, 1904) . His Correspondence and Diary fill 262 volumes in the Canadian Archives, and are catalogued in the Annual Reports (1884-1889) .