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Guy Carleton, 1. Baron Dorchester KB (* 3. September 1724 in Strabane, County Tyrone; † 10. November 1808 in Bisham, Berkshire) war ein britischer General, der als Gouverneur der Provinz Québec und später als Gouverneur von Britisch-Nordamerika sowie Vizegouverneur von Niederkanada diente.
Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester KB (3 September 1724 – 10 November 1808), known between 1776 and 1786 as Sir Guy Carleton, was a British Army officer, peer and colonial administrator.
Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester was a soldier-statesman who, as governor of Quebec before and during the American Revolutionary War, succeeded in reconciling the British and French and in repulsing the invasion attempts of Continental forces. Carleton was commissioned an ensign in the British
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
14. Jan. 2008 · Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester. In 1782-83 he was commander in chief at New York, which he refused to evacuate until the LOYALIST refugees had been sent to safety, and he urged their reception in Québec and Nova Scotia.
Title: Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester: Papers. Description: These papers comprise records of British Army Headquarters in America from 1775 to 1783. They represent the official notes of...
- 1747-1788
- PRO 30/55
- The National Archives, Kew
- Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester: Papers
The Carletons, originally from Cumberland County, England, but resident in Ireland since the beginning of the 17th century, belonged to that Protestant Ascendancy which has so well supplied the British army and colonial service.
Guy Carleton, First Baron of Dorchester, was the Governor of Quebec from 1768 to 1778, and Commander-in-Chief of British forces from 1782 to the conclusion of the Revolutionary War.
