Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada

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colonial office vice-regal representative

The Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada was the British Crown’s chief colonial administrator in Upper Canada, responsible for overseeing government, land policy, and relations with Indigenous peoples and settlers from 1791 to 1841.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Administrator of Upper Canada	1
Lieutenant Governor of the Province of Canada	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	colonial office ⓘ vice-regal representative ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Upper Canada ⓘ
appointedBy	British Crown ⓘ monarch of the United Kingdom ⓘ
country	Upper Canada ⓘ
dissolved	1841 ⓘ
followedBy	Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Lieutenant Governor of the Province of Canada
follows	Lieutenant Governor of Quebec ⓘ surface form: Lieutenant Governor of the Province of Quebec
hasAuthorityOver	Executive Council of Upper Canada ⓘ Legislative Assembly of Upper Canada ⓘ Legislative Council of Upper Canada ⓘ
hasDuty	command of local militia ⓘ implementation of British imperial policy ⓘ maintenance of public order ⓘ management of land grants and land policy ⓘ oversight of colonial administration ⓘ relations with Indigenous peoples ⓘ relations with settlers ⓘ
historicalPeriod	early 19th century ⓘ late 18th century ⓘ
inception	1791 ⓘ
legalBasis	Constitutional Act 1791 ⓘ
locatedInTimeZone	Eastern Time Zone ⓘ surface form: North American Eastern Time Zone
location	British America ⓘ surface form: British North America
officeHolder	Alexander Grant ⓘ Francis Bond Head ⓘ Francis Gore ⓘ George Arthur ⓘ George Murray ⓘ Gordon Drummond ⓘ Isaac Brock ⓘ Sir John Colborne ⓘ surface form: John Colborne John Graves Simcoe ⓘ Peregrine Maitland ⓘ Peter Hunter ⓘ Roger Hale Sheaffe ⓘ
partOf	British Empire ⓘ colonial government of Upper Canada ⓘ
reasonForAbolition	Act of Union 1840 ⓘ
replacedBy	Lieutenant Governor of Canada West ⓘ Lieutenant Governor of the Province of Canada ⓘ
residence	Government House, York ⓘ Navy Hall ⓘ
seat	Newark ⓘ York ⓘ
subordinateTo	Governor General of the Province of Quebec ⓘ surface form: Governor-in-Chief of British North America Secretary of State for the Colonies ⓘ surface form: Secretary of State for War and the Colonies
usedLanguage	English ⓘ French ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Legislative Council of Upper Canada → appointedBy → Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada ⓘ

Parliament of Upper Canada → composedOf → Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada ⓘ

Upper Canada → executiveHead → Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada ⓘ

Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada → followedBy → Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lieutenant Governor of the Province of Canada

Newark → governedBy → Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada ⓘ

Parliament of Upper Canada → headOfStateRepresentative → Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada ⓘ

Isaac Brock → positionHeld → Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada ⓘ

this entity surface form: Administrator of Upper Canada

Isaac Brock → positionHeld → Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada ⓘ