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Born 1734—Enters Navy—Service in Canada, 1759—Enters the naval service of the lakes—First Commodore of western waters—Appointed Administrator—Judge Thorpe—Quarrels with the Assembly—Reports to Lord Castlereagh—Married, 1774—Descendants—Dies in 1813

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FRANCIS GORE, LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR.

Formerly Lieutenant-Governor of Bermuda—Born 1769—Related to Earl of Arran—Army life—Marries in 1803—Bermuda, 1804—Arrives at York, August 27th, 1806—Judge Thorpe's agitation—He enters Parliament—Government complains to Home Office—Judge Thorpe removed and sent to Sierra Leone—Surveyor-General Wyatt suspended—Recovers damages against Gore—Gore takes leave of absence 1811

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SIR ISAAC BROCK, PRESIDENT.

SIR ROGER HALE SHEAFFE, PRESIDENT.

SIR FRANCIS DE ROTTENBURG, PRESIDENT.

SIR GORDON DRUMMOND, PROVISIONAL LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR.

SIR GEORGE MURRAY, PROVISIONAL LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR.

SIR FREDERICK PHIPPS ROBINSON, PROVISIONAL LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR.

Brock meets Legislature, February 3rd, 1812—War with United States—Falls at Queenston Heights October 13th, 1812—Sir Roger Sheaffe's military career—Takes command at Battle of Queenston Heights—Created Baronet in reward—Evacuation of York, April, 1813—Succeeded by Sir Gordon Drummond—Born, 1771, at Quebec—Serves in the Low Countries—Canada, 1813—Storming of Fort Niagara—Battle of Lundy's Lane—Attacks Fort Erie—Resigns, 1816—Death in 1854. Sir George Murray—Birth and education—Distinguished army life—Peninsular war—Canada in 1815—Arrives at York and takes oath of office—Leaves Canada—Governor of Edinburgh Castle, 1818—Sandhurst—Colonial Secretary under Duke of Wellington—Death, 28th July, 1846. Sir Frederick Phipps Robinson, Governor, July 1st, 1815—Related to Chief Justice Robinson—Serves till Governor Gore's return in 1816