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See also:HALDIMAND, See also:SIR See also:FREDERICK (1718–1791) , See also:British See also:general and See also:administrator, was See also:born at Yverdun, See also:Neuchatel, See also:Switzerland, on the 11th of See also:August 1718, of Huguenot descent. After serving in the armies of See also:Sardinia, See also:Russia and See also:- HOLLAND
- HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)
- HOLLAND, COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF
- HOLLAND, HENRY FOX, 1ST BARON (1705–1774)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (1S9o-,649)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3RD
- HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881)
- HOLLAND, PHILEMON (1552-1637)
- HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)
- HOLLAND, SIR HENRY, BART
Holland, he entered British service in 1754, and subsequently naturalized as an See also:English See also:citizen. During the Seven Years' See also:War he served in See also:America, was wounded at See also:Ticonderoga (1758) and was See also:present at the taking of See also:Montreal (176o). After filling with See also:credit several administrative positions in See also:Canada, See also:Florida and New See also:York, in 1778 he succeeded Sir See also:Guy See also:Carleton (afterwards See also:Lord See also:Dorchester) as See also:governor-general of Canada. His See also:measures against See also:French sympathizers with the Americans have incurred extravagant strictures from French-See also:Canadian historians, but he really showed moderation as well as See also:energy. In 1785 he re-turned to See also:London. He died at his birthplace on the 5th of See also:June 1791.
His See also:life has been well written by See also:Jean McIlwraith in the " Makers of Canada " See also:series (See also:Toronto, 1904). His See also:Correspondence and See also:Diary fill 262 volumes in the Canadian Archives, and are catalogued in the See also:Annual Reports (1884-1889).
End of Article: HALDIMAND, SIR FREDERICK (1718–1791)
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