See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

JOHN See also:

• GRAVES, ALFRED PERCEVAL (1846— )

GRAVES See also:

• JOHN GRAVES SIMCOE (1752-1806)

SIMCOE (1752-1806)  , See also:

• BRITISH

British soldier and first See also:

• LIEUTENANT

lieutenant-See also:

• GOVERNOR (from the Fr. gouverneur, from gouverner, O. Fr. governer, Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, to direct, guide)

governor of Upper See also:

• CANADA

Canada, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• COTTER, COTTAR, or COTTIER

Cotter-stock, See also:

• NORTHUMBERLAND
• NORTHUMBERLAND, EARLS AND DUKES OF
• NORTHUMBERLAND, JOHN DUDLEY, VISCOUNT LISLE, EARL OF WARWICK
• NORTHUMBERLAND, JOHN NEVILLE, EARL OF (c. 1430-1471)

Northumberland, See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, on the 25th of See also:

• FEBRUARY

February 1752 . His See also:

• FATHER

father, See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• SIMCOE, JOHN GRAVES (1752-1806)

Simcoe, who was a See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

captain in the Royal See also:

• NAVY

Navy, died in 1759, and his only See also:

• BROTHER

brother was drowned in See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early youth . During Simcoe's childhood the See also:

• FAMILY

family removed to See also:

• EXETER
• EXETER, EARL, MARQUESS AND DUKE OF

Exeter . He was sent to See also:

• ETON

Eton at the See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age of fourteen, and three years later entered Merton See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, See also:

• OXFORD
• OXFORD, EARLS OF
• OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
• OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
• OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
• OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
• OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST

Oxford . After two years of college See also:

• LIFE

life, he became See also:

• ENSIGN (through the Fr. enseigne from the Latin plural insignia)

ensign in the 35th See also:

• REGIMENT (from Late Latin regimentum, rule, regere, to rule, govern, direct)

regiment, first seeing active service at See also:

• BOSTON
• BOSTON, THOMAS (1676-1732)

Boston in 1775, and remaining in See also:

• AMERICA

America during the greater See also:

• PART

part of the Revolutionary See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War . In 1776 he secured command of the See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

Queen's Rangers with the See also:

• RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank of See also:

• MAJOR
• MAJOR (Lat. for " greater ")
• MAJOR (or MAIR), JOHN (1470-1550)

major . His military career in America ended with the surrender of See also:

• CORNWALLIS, CHARLES CORNWALLIS
• CORNWALLIS, SIR WILLIAM (1744-1819)

Cornwallis at See also:

• YORKTOWN

Yorktown (Oct . 19, 1781) . He returned to England on See also:

• PAROLE (shortened from the Fr. parole d'honneur, word of honour)

parole, and for the next ten years divided his See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time between See also:

• LONDON

London and his family See also:

• ESTATE (through O. Fr. estat, mod. flat, from Lat. status, state, condition, position, stare, to stand)

estate in See also:

• DEVON, EARLS OF

Devon . In See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1782 he married See also:

• ELIZABETH
• ELIZABETH (1533-1603)
• ELIZABETH (1596-1662)
• ELIZABETH (1635–1650)
• ELIZABETH [ AMELIE EUGENIE ] (1837—1898)
• ELIZABETH [1lisabeth Philippine Marie Helene of France] (1764—1794)
• ELIZABETH [PAULINE ELIZABETH OTTILIE LOUISE] (1843– )
• ELIZABETH [PETROVNA] (1709-1762), EMPRESS
• ELIZABETH, SAINT (1207-1231)

Elizabeth Posthuma, only See also:

• CHILD
• CHILD, FRANCIS JAMES (1825-1896)
• CHILD, L
• CHILD, LYDIA MARIA (1802-1880)
• CHILD, SIR FRANCIS (1642-1713)
• CHILD, SIR JOHN (d. 1690)
• CHILD, SIR JOSIAH (163o - 1699)

child of See also:

• COLONEL (derived either from Lat. column, Fr. colonne, column, or Lat. corona, a crown)

Colonel See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas Gwillim of Old See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

Court, See also:

• HEREFORDSHIRE

Herefordshire . In 1790 he was elected member of See also:

• PARLIAMENT (Anglo-Lat. parliamentum, Fr. parlement, from parler, to speak)

parliament for St Mawes in See also:

• CORNWALL

Cornwall, and at the See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close of his first session was appointed lieutenant-governor of the new See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province of Upper Canada created under the Constitutional See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

Act of 1791 . He reached See also:

• KINGSTON
• KINGSTON, ELIZABETH, DUCHESS OF (1720-1788)
• KINGSTON, WILLIAM HENRY GILES (1814-188o)

Kingston, Upper Canada, on the 1st of See also:

• JULY

July 1792 .

There the first See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council was assembled, the See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government of the new province proclaimed, and the oaths of See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office taken . Immediately afterwards preparations were made for the See also:

• ELECTION
• ELECTION (from Lat. eligere, to pick out)

election of the first See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house of See also:

• ASSEMBLY, UNLAWFUL

assembly, which opened at See also:

• NEWARK
• NEWARK (NEWARK-UPON-TRENT)
• NEWARK, DAVID LESLIE, LORD (1601-1682)

Newark near the mouth of the See also:

• NIAGARA
• NIAGARA, FORT

Niagara See also:

• RIVER

river, on the 17th of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1792 . Simcoe's ideas of colonial government were dominated by military and aristocratic conceptions quite unsuited to the See also:

• PIONEER

pioneer conditions of Upper Canada . Thus, while his See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration was characterized by the most dis- ecclesiastical See also:

• BODY

body. interested devotion to what he conceived to be for the best interests of the province, it was rendered ineffective by the impracticable See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character of his projects and the See also:

• FRICTION (from Lat. fricare, to rub)

friction which See also:

• DEVELOPED

developed between himself and See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord See also:

• DORCHESTER
• DORCHESTER, DUDLEY CARLETON, VISCOUNT (1573-1632)
• DORCHESTER, GUY CARLETON

Dorchester, the governor-See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general . He See also:

• LEFT

left Canada in September 1796, and was immediately afterwards sent on a See also:

• MISSION

mission to See also:

• SAN

San Domingo, from which, however, he returned in a few months on See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of See also:

• ILL

ill-See also:

• HEALTH

health . In See also:

• OCTOBER

October 1798 he was promoted to the rank of lieutenant-general, and appointed colonel of the 22nd See also:

• FOOT

foot . During 'Soo--18ot he was in command at See also:

• PLYMOUTH
• PLYMOUTH, EARLS OF

Plymouth . Desiring more active service, he was designated See also:

• COMMANDER

commander-in-See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief for See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India to succeed Lord See also:

• LAKE
• LAKE, GERARD LAKE, 1ST VISCOUNT (1744-1808)

Lake, but before taking the See also:

• APPOINTMENT, POWER OF

appointment his health See also:

• BROKE, or BROOKE, ARTHUR (d. 1563)
• BROKE, SIR PHILIP BOWES VERE, BART

broke and he died at Exeter on the 26th of October 18o6 . See D . C . See also:

• SCOTT, ALEXANDER (fl. 1550)
• SCOTT, DAVID (18o6-1849)
• SCOTT, MICHAEL (1789-1835)
• SCOTT, ROBERT (1811-1887)
• SCOTT, SIR GEORGE GILBERT (1811-1878)
• SCOTT, SIR WALTER, BART
• SCOTT, WILLIAM BELL (1811-1890)
• SCOTT, WINFIELD (1786-1866)

Scott, John See also:

• GRAVES, ALFRED PERCEVAL (1846— )

Graves Si-woe (1905) .