1752-1806
Simcoe was born in Northamptonshire and educated at Oxford. He joined the British army in 1771, and from 1777-81 commanded the Queen's Rangers, a Loyalist corps in America. After the Loyalist influx had led to the creation of a separate province of Upper Canada in 1791, Simcoe was named its first lieutenant-governor. During his five years of office the province's basically British and monarchical character and institutions took shape. After he left Canada in 1796 he held a succession of military and colonial offices, and died in Exeter shortly after being appointed Commander-in-chief for India.| HM Number | HM18ZR |
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| Placed By | Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada |
| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Sunday, September 28th, 2014 at 7:56am PDT -07:00 |
| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 17T E 657510 N 4790666 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 43.25235000, -79.05961667 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 43° 15.141', W 79° 3.577' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 43° 15' 8.46" N, 79° 3' 34.62" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 713, 832, 210, 281 |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 282 Ricardo St, Niagara-on-the-Lake ON L0S 1J0, CA |
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