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    Sir George Prevost, 1st Baronet (19 May 1767 – 5 January 1816) was a British Army officer and colonial administrator who is most well known as the "Defender...
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  • Look up Prevost, prevost, or prévôt in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Prevost, Prévost or Prévôt may refer to: Prévost (electoral district), Quebec,...
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    Augustine Prévost (born Augustin Prevost) (22 August 1723 – 5-6 May 1786) was a Genevan soldier best known for his service in the British Army during the...
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    Lieutenant-General George Prevost. He was Governor General of British North America from 1812 to 1815. After his death in 1816 his widow Lady Prevost declined the...
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    years of the war. He urged Lieutenant General George Prévost to maintain a defensive strategy. Prévost, who had the trust of the Canadians, followed these...
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    British forces, an army under Lieutenant General Sir George Prévost and a naval squadron under Captain George Downie converged on the lakeside town of Plattsburgh...
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    further. He was hampered by Governor General George Prevost, who had replaced Craig in late 1811. Prevost's orders from the government, and his own inclinations...
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  • American politician in Michigan George McKay (Australian politician) (1819–1898), New South Wales colonial politician George Prevost McKay (1840–1924), Canadian...
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  • Fort George 1813 May 27 British abandon Fort Erie 1813 May 27 Colonel John Harvey retreats to Burlington Heights 1813 May 29 Sir George Prevost and Sir...
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  • Governor Prevost may refer to: Jacques Marcus Prevost (1736–1781), 9th Colonial Governor of Georgia in 1779 George Prévost (1767–1816), Governor General...
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    May, the most notable being the Raid on Port Dover. On June 2, Sir George Prévost, Governor General of British North America wrote to Cochrane at Admiralty...
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  • Sir George Prevost, 2nd Baronet (1804–1893) was an English churchman, a Tractarian who became Archdeacon of Gloucester in 1865. The only son of Sir George...
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    General of Canada, Lieutenant General Sir George Prevost, who was also proceeding to Kingston. This was Prevost's second visit to Upper Canada in four months...
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    HMS Wolfe (later HMS Montreal, originally HMS Sir George Prevost) was a 20-gun sloop-of-war, launched at the Kingston Royal Naval Dockyard at Kingston...
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  • Prevost was a schooner captured from the British during the War of 1812 and pressed into use in the United States Navy. Built in 1810 as Lady Prevost...
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    Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn (category Peers of Great Britain created by George III)
    November 1767 – 23 January 1820) was the fourth son and fifth child of King George III and Queen Charlotte. His only child, Victoria, became Queen of the United...
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  • George Prevost McKay (February 7, 1840 – August 22, 1924) was an Ontario businessman and political figure. He represented Simcoe South in the Legislative...
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    Governor-General of Canada, Lieutenant General Sir George Prevost, ordered Lieutenant Colonel George MacDonnell to move from Kingston on Lake Ontario to...
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    Marie Prevost (born Mary Bickford Dunn; November 8, 1896 – January 21, 1937) was a Canadian-born film actress. During her 20-year career, she made 121...
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    continually hungry for reinforcements from the governor general, Sir George Prevost, who held relatively large numbers of troops in reserve at Quebec, despite...
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    for jointly causing the removal of Sir George Prévost, governor-in-chief of British North America, for Prevost's refusal to press the attack on Plattsburgh...
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    George Washington, who counted her amongst his friends. Burr's visit to the Hermitage began a secret romance that, following the death of Prevost's first...
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    the capture of Mackinac. He was also informed by Lieutenant General George Prevost, the Governor General of Canada, that an additional regiment was being...
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    1) Governor of the Canadas: Robert Milnes Governor of New Brunswick: George Prévost Governor of Nova Scotia: John Coape Sherbrooke Commodore-Governor of...
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    the 1860s. During the American War of 1812, Lieutenant-General Sir George Prevost was Captain-General and Governor-in-Chief in and over the Provinces...
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    abruptly replaced Wentworth in 1808 with a military governor, General George Prevost. Wentworth was knighted and awarded a baronetcy in 1795, and granted...
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    Antoine François Prévost d'Exiles (UK: /ˌpreɪvoʊ dɛɡˈziːl/ PRAY-voh deg-ZEEL, US: /preɪˌvoʊ -/ pray-VOH -⁠, French: [ɑ̃twan fʁɑ̃swa pʁevo dɛɡzil]; 1 April...
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    Sir George Prevost, the Governor General of Canada and commander in chief of the forces there, appointed Sheaffe to command the troops at Fort George on...
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  • captured her. HMS Sir George Prevost, later HMS Wolfe and then HMS Montreal HMS Lady Prevost, later USS Lady Prevost HMCS Prevost, a Canadian Naval Reserve...
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  • leadership of Lower Canada on two occasions during the absence of Sir George Prevost, the commander in chief. In 1813, he succeeded Major General Sir Roger...
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