The Makers of Canada: Index and Dictionary of Canadian History
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The Makers of Canada: Index and Dictionary of Canadian History
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=Gugy, Conrad Augustus.= Educated at Cornwall under John Strachan.
Served for a time in the army; afterwards studied law and called to the
bar of Lower Canada. Elected a member of the Assembly. Led the troops at
the assault of St. Eustache. Subsequently adjutant-general and
commissioner of police. =Index=: =P= Defends the government in the
Assembly, 1835, 101-102; on French-Canadian grievances, 103; a major in
the militia, 103; serves with Colborne at St. Eustache in 1837, 103;
advocates native-born ministry, 196. =Bib.=: Morgan, _Cel. Can._;
Christie, _History of Lower Canada_.
=Guienne Regiment.= =WM= Soldier of saves Captain Ochterlony, mortally
wounded, from being scalped, 142; Wolfe wishes to reward him, but reward
declined by Vaudreuil, 145; ordered to Heights of Abraham, 160; unwise
withdrawal of, from Plains of Abraham, 184; in battle of Ste. Foy, 257.
=Bib.=: Parkman, _Montcalm and Wolfe_; Wood, _The Fight for Canada_;
Bradley, _Fight with France_.
=Guilbault.= =Ch= Merchant, assists in taking Fort St. Pierre, 236.
=Guilford, Frederick North, second Earl of= (1732-1792). Entered
Parliament, 1754; chancellor of the exchequer 1767; premier, 1770;
resigned in 1783. =Index=: =Dr= On Quebec Act, 66; defeat of his
government, 191. =Hd= His difficulty with settlers at Vincennes, 92;
burnt in effigy, 97; Haldimand's letters to, 259, 265; his idea of a
military settlement in the Eastern Townships, 264. =Bib.=: _Dict. Nat.
Biog._
=Guines, Modiste.= =Ch= Récollet, 115.
=Guise, Captain.= =D= His voyage to North-West Coast for sea-otter, 22.
=Gunn, Donald= (1797-1878). Born in Falkirk, Scotland. Entered the
service of the Hudson's Bay Company, 1813. Left the service, 1823, but
continued to reside in the Red River Settlement. Appointed one of the
judges of the Court of Petty Sessions, and for a time president of the
Court. Appointed a member of the Legislative Council of Manitoba, 1870.
=Bib.=: Begg, _History of the North-West_.
=Gurnett, George.= =Mc= Brought to the bar, 152; editor of the
_Courier_, 165; style of, 165.
=Guyard, Marie.= _See_ Marie de l'Incarnation.
=Guyon, Jean.= =Ch= Mason, accompanies Robert Giffard to Canada, 252.
=Guyon, Jean.= =L= Canadian priest, accompanies Laval to France, 199;
death of, 219.
=Gwillim, Elizabeth Posthuma.= =S= Married to Simcoe, 40; descent and
characteristics, 40.
=Habeas Corpus Act.= =Hd= Not in operation in Haldimand's time, 275;
demanded by Du Calvet, 291. =Bib.=: Shortt and Doughty, _Constitutional
Documents relating to Canada_; _Dict. Eng. Hist._
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