The Makers of Canada: Index and Dictionary of Canadian History
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The Makers of Canada: Index and Dictionary of Canadian History
Canada -- Biography; Canada -- History
=Gordon, Arthur Hamilton.= _See_ Stanmore.
=Gordon, Robert.= =T= Member for Gloucester in New Brunswick Assembly,
votes against Liberals, 18.
=Gore, Sir Charles S.= Born in Scotland, 1793; the third son of the
second Earl of Arran. Entered the army, 1808; served throughout the
Peninsular War; ordered to Canada, 1814; returned to Europe and present
at the battle of Waterloo, 1815. Again came to Canada; in command of the
troops in Lower Canada during the Rebellion of 1837-1838; subsequently
knighted and advanced to the rank of lieutenant-general. =Index=: =C= At
St. Denis, 7. =P= In command of troops in Rebellion of 1837 in Lower
Canada, 128-129; marches on St. Denis, 130; second expedition against
St. Denis, 134. =Bib.=: Morgan, _Cel. Can._; Christie, _History of Lower
Canada_.
=Gore, Sir Francis= (1769-1852). Served in the army; lieutenant-governor
of Bermuda, 1804; lieutenant-governor of Upper Canada, 1806-1817.
=Index=: =Bk= Lieutenant-governor of Upper Canada, 8, 78; his civil and
military service, 78; arms supplied to, 97; arrives at Quebec from the
west, 132; Brock's high opinion of, 143; goes to England on leave, 159.
=E= Postpones secularization of Clergy Reserves by proroguing
Legislature, 146. =Bib.=: Read, _Lieutenant-Governors of Upper Canada_;
Kingsford, _History of Canada_.
=Gore District.= In Upper Canada; named after Governor Gore. =Index=:
=Sy= Resolutions in favour of responsible government adopted at meeting
of inhabitants, 125, 126.
=Gorham, John.= A native of Massachusetts. Stationed at Annapolis in
command of a body of provincial troops, 1845; sent to Boston to procure
aid against a threatened attack; induced to proceed to the siege of
Louisbourg under Pepperrell; appointed colonel. Returned to Annapolis
and placed in command of the Boston troops sent to Mines with Colonel
Noble. Afterwards commanded a body of Rangers raised in New England for
service in Acadia. A member of the Council of Nova Scotia. Returned to
Massachusetts, 1752. =Bib.=: _Selections from the Public Documents of
Nova Scotia_, ed. by Akins; Marshall, _Life of Pepperell_.
=Gosford, Archibald Acheson, second Earl of= (1775?-1849).
Governor-general of Canada, 1835-1838. =Index=: =P= His mission of
conciliation to French-Canadians, 110; hostility of Papineau, 110;
replaces Aylmer in 1835, 111; his character, 111-112; entertains
Papineau, 112-113; his appeal for reconciliation, in opening Parliament,
113; his secret instructions published in Toronto, 113; their terms,
114; session of 1836, 115-116; dismisses Parliament, 116; eve of the
Rebellion, 116-117; appoints Bédard judge, 117; proclaims martial law in
the district of Montreal, 137; returns to England, 138; on the official
class in Lower Canada, 158. =BL= His attempts to placate popular leaders
in Lower Canada, 45; compared to Bagot, 151. =C= His amnesty
proclamation, 9. =W= Conversation with William IV, 22. =Bib.=: Morgan,
_Cel. Can._; _Cyc. Am. Biog._
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