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Guy Carleton, Primer Barón de Dorchester, caballero de la Orden del Baño (Strabane, Condado de Tyrone, Irlanda, 3 de septiembre de 1724 - Stubbings, Maidenhead, Berkshire, 10 de noviembre de 1808), conocido entre 1776 y 1786 como Sir Guy Charleton.
American War of Independence. Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester KB (3 September 1724 – 10 November 1808), known between 1776 and 1786 as Sir Guy Carleton, was a British Army officer, peer and colonial administrator. He twice served as Governor of the Province of Quebec, from 1768 to 1778, concurrently serving as Governor General ...
Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester of Dorchester. Born: September 3, 1724, Strabane, County Tyrone, Ireland. Died: November 10, 1808, Stubbings, Berkshire, England (aged 84) Title / Office: governor (1786-1796), Canada. governor (1768-1778), Quebec. Role In: American Revolution. Constitutional Act.
Guy Carleton was a British army officer and official who served as the governor of Quebec and commander in chief of British forces in North America. He led the defense of Quebec against American attack and organized the evacuation of British-held New York at the end of the American Revolution. He also advocated for French civil law and tithes, and resisted the American Revolutionary War.
Biography – CARLETON, GUY, 1st Baron DORCHESTER – Volume V (1801-1820) – Dictionary of Canadian Biography. Source: Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. CARLETON, GUY, 1st Baron DORCHESTER, army officer and colonial administrator; b. 3 Sept. 1724 in Strabane, Ireland, third son of Christopher Carleton and Catherine Ball; m. 21 or 22 May 1772 ...
14 de ene. de 2008 · Guy Carleton was a British commander in chief at New York and Québec, and a twice-governor of Québec. He supported the Quebec Act, the Roman Catholic Church, and French civil law, but was criticized for his slow response to the American invasion and his failure to unite the province.
Guy Carleton, First Baron of Dorchester, was the Governor of Quebec from 1768 to 1778, and Commander-in-Chief of British forces from 1782 to the conclusion of the Revolutionary War.
