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    John Graves Simcoe (25 February 1752 – 26 October 1806) was a British Army general and the first lieutenant governor of Upper Canada from 1791 until 1796...
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  • wife of John Graves Simcoe John Graves Simcoe (1752–1806), British army officer, the first lieutenant governor of Upper Canada William Simcoe, American...
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    A statue of John Graves Simcoe is installed in Toronto's Queen's Park, in Ontario, Canada. The sculpture was created by Walter Allward in 1903. "Explore...
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    Ontario in Toronto to Lake Simcoe, a gateway to the Upper Great Lakes. Ontario's first colonial administrator, John Graves Simcoe, named the street for his...
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    "Silver Lake". Lake Simcoe's name was given by John Graves Simcoe in 1793 in memory of his father, Captain John Simcoe. Captain Simcoe was born on 28 November...
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    October 15, 1777, John Graves Simcoe was given command, when the unit became known informally as "Simcoe's Rangers". John Graves Simcoe turned the Queen's...
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    1980) is an English actor and DJ. He is best known for his role as John Graves Simcoe in the series, Turn: Washington's Spies and Simon "Ghost" Riley in...
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    Posthuma Simcoe (22 September 1762 – 17 January 1850) was an English artist and diarist in colonial Canada. Her husband, John Graves Simcoe, was the first...
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    Wolford Chapel in Devon, England, is the burial place of John Graves Simcoe, the first lieutenant governor of Upper Canada. It is the territory of the...
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  • Civic Holiday (redirect from Simcoe Day)
    Alexander Mackenzie, the 2nd Prime Minister of Canada "Simcoe Day" in Toronto: celebrating John Graves Simcoe, the first Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada and...
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    2023 "From Alured Clarke to J.G. Simcoe" (January 21, 1793), The Correspondence of Lieut. Governor John Graves Simcoe(....); Volume I (1923), pg. 276 (PDF...
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    Gwillimbury takes its name from the family of Elizabeth Simcoe, née Gwillim, wife of Sir John Graves Simcoe, the first Lieutenant Governor of Ontario. The municipal...
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  • Governor Simcoe Secondary School, named after John Graves Simcoe, is a public high school in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. It is a three-floored school...
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    December 2023 "From J.G. Simcoe to John King" (February 16, 1795), The Correspondence of Lieut. Governor John Graves Simcoe[...]; Volume III, 1794-1795...
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    named by Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada John Graves Simcoe in honour of his father Captain John Simcoe,[citation needed] was established as part of...
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    British forces under the command of Major John Graves Simcoe launched a surprise attack against Brigadier General John Lacey and three regiments of Pennsylvania...
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    largest community on the shores of the bay is Keswick. It was named by John Graves Simcoe, the first Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada, for James Cook, who...
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    Governor John Graves Simcoe[...]; Volume III, 1794-1795, pg. 24 Accessed 13 November 2023 January 1794 entries, The Diary of Mrs. John Graves Simcoe (1911)...
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    the Thames were named after the English city and river in 1793 by John Graves Simcoe, who proposed the site for the capital city of Upper Canada. The first...
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    Lieutenant Governor John Graves Simcoe. The name for the waterway used in the Toronto Purchase treaty was Etobicoke River. Simcoe in a memo from April...
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    John Parr Commodore-Governor of Newfoundland: John Elliot Governor of St. John's Island: Edmund Fanning Governor of Upper Canada: John Graves Simcoe Catherine...
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    gained its name from the first Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada, John Graves Simcoe (in office 1791–1796), who named the area after his friend, William...
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    residence of Ontario's first colonial governor, John Graves Simcoe, which in turn was named for Simcoe's son, Francis Gwillim. It was built either on the...
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    American Revolutionary War. British forces under Lieutenant Colonel John Graves Simcoe and American forces under Colonel Richard Butler, light detachments...
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    Upper Canada and Lower Canada, Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada John Graves Simcoe named the archipelago at the head of the St. Lawrence River for the...
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  • Governor Simcoe may refer to: John Graves Simcoe (1752–1806), Governor of Upper Canada Governor Simcoe Secondary School, a high school in St. Catharines...
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    clerk to John Graves Simcoe, the first Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada. Scadding arrived in Upper Canada from England in 1791, along with Simcoe, and...
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    County, Simcoe had a population of 16,121 at the time of the 2021 Census. Simcoe was founded in 1795 by Lieutenant Governor John Graves Simcoe. Initially...
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    in the area, and lent its name to what became the city of Toronto. John Graves Simcoe identified the area as a strategic location to base a new capital...
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    Toronto (1834–1998). It was established in 1793 by Lieutenant-Governor John Graves Simcoe as a "temporary" location for the capital of Upper Canada, while he...
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