John Graves Simcoe

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John Graves Simcoe
Basic Information
Name	John Graves Simcoe
Status	Deceased
Full name	John Graves Simcoe
Date of birth	February 25, 1752
Place of birth	Cotterstock, Oundle, England
Date of death	October 26, 1806
Place of death	Exeter, England
Affiliation	British Army
Profession	British Army: Officer
Rank	British Army: Lieutenant-General

John Graves Simcoe (February 25, 1752 – October 26, 1806) was a British army general and the first Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada from 1791 until 1796, in modern-day southern Ontario and the watersheds of Georgian Bay and Lake Superior. He founded York (now Toronto) and was instrumental in introducing institutions such as courts of law, trial by jury, English common law, freehold land tenure, and the abolition of slavery.

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• John Graves Simcoe at Wikipedia