Sir John Colborne

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British Army officer colonial administrator human

Sir John Colborne was a British Army officer and colonial administrator who served as Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada and later as Governor of both Upper and Lower Canada.

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Sir John Colborne canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British Army officer ⓘ
colonial administrator ⓘ
human ⓘ
allegiance United Kingdom ⓘ
appointedAs Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada ⓘ
awardReceived Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George ⓘ
Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath ⓘ
Order of Maria Theresa ⓘ
Order of St. Anna ⓘ
surface form: Order of St Anna
birthDate 1778-02-16 ⓘ
birthPlace Lyndhurst, Hampshire, England ⓘ
burialPlace Parish church of Holy Trinity, Devon, England ⓘ
conflict Battle of Waterloo ⓘ
Napoleonic invasion of Spain ⓘ
surface form: Peninsular War

War of 1812 ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
deathDate 1863-04-17 ⓘ
deathPlace Torquay, Devon, England ⓘ
education Winchester College ⓘ
endTime 1836 ⓘ
familyName Colborne ⓘ
givenName John ⓘ
honorificPrefix Sir ⓘ
memberOf House of Lords ⓘ
militaryBranch British Army ⓘ
militaryRank Field Marshal ⓘ
name Sir John Colborne self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: John Colborne
nobleTitle Baron Seaton ⓘ
notableEvent Rebellions of 1837–1838 ⓘ
surface form: Suppression of the Rebellions of 1837–1838 in British North America
notableWork Upper Canada College ⓘ
surface form: Establishment of Upper Canada College

Reform of the education system in Upper Canada ⓘ
numberOfChildren 6 ⓘ
positionHeld Commander-in-Chief of the Forces (United Kingdom) ⓘ
surface form: Commander-in-Chief of the Forces in British North America

Governor of Lower Canada ⓘ
Governor of Malta ⓘ
Governor of Upper Canada ⓘ
High Commissioner for the Ionian Islands ⓘ
Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada ⓘ
religion Anglicanism ⓘ
residence Ionian Islands ⓘ
Lower Canada ⓘ
Malta ⓘ
Upper Canada ⓘ
spouse Elizabeth Yonge ⓘ
startTime 1828 ⓘ
title 1st Baron Seaton ⓘ

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Upper Canada College → founder → Sir John Colborne ⓘ
Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada → officeHolder → Sir John Colborne ⓘ
this entity surface form: John Colborne
Sir John Colborne → name → Sir John Colborne self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: John Colborne
Battle of Saint-Eustache → commander → Sir John Colborne ⓘ