Frederick Haldimand
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Sir Frederick Haldimand, KB (August 11, 1718 – June 5, 1791) was a British army officer and governor.
Haldimand was born, baptised and died in Yverdon, Switzerland as François-Louis-Frédéric Haldimand and spent his early military career, from 1740 to 1756, in North America during the Seven Years' War. He remained in Canada after it was conquered from the French in 1759, serving as military governor of Trois-Rivières, Quebec. He became governor of Quebec (which at the time included what is now Ontario) in 1778 serving through the American Revolution.
Haldimand built up Quebec's defences and sent raiding parties (Carleton's Raid (1778) and the Burning of the Valleys in 1780) into the rebellious American colonies. At the end of the American Revolution he helped settle American refugees who became known as United Empire Loyalists in what became first New Brunswick and later Ontario and also settled the Six Nations in Canada.
[edit] Legacy
- Haldimand County, Ontario and Haldimand Beach near the town of Gaspé, Quebec are named after him.
- Fort Haldimand at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario was named after him in 1949. This dormitory is currently closed for renovations.
| Preceded by Sir Guy Carleton |
Governor General of British North America 1778–1786 |
Succeeded by The Lord Dorchester |
