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LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR GORE.
(Second Administration.)
Governor Gore returns to Canada—Arrival at York—Address of welcome—Meets Parliament February 6th, 1816—Quarrels with Legislature—Retires April 18th, 1817—Deputy Teller of Exchequer, 1818—Club life—Friendship with Marquis of Camden—Dies November 3rd, 1852
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SAMUEL SMITH, ADMINISTRATOR
Born on Long Island, 1756—Serves in Revolutionary War—Joins Queen's Rangers—U. E. Loyalist—New Brunswick, 1792—Colonel of Rangers—Takes up land in Etobicoke—Executive Councillor, 1815—Administrator, 1818—Meets Parliament February 5th, 1818—Death, 1826
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SIR PEREGRINE MAITLAND, K.C.B., LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR.
Born, 1777, in Hampshire—Enters army at fifteen—Serves in the Low Countries and Spain—Command of Brigade at Waterloo—Elopes with Lady Sarah Lennox—Forgiven by the Duke of Richmond—Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada, January 3rd, 1818—Duke of Richmond Governor-General—Death of Duke of Richmond—Robert Fleming Gourlay prosecuted for libel and acquitted—Contest with Governor Maitland—Governor's residence at Stamford—William Lyon Mackenzie assails Government in Colonial Advocate—First copy inserted in Brock's Monument—Governor orders removal—Destruction of second Parliament Buildings—The destruction of the Mackenzie printing office—Action against rioters—Dispute with Assembly—Governor censured—Recall in 1828—Subsequent life