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Dorchester, Guy Carleton, Baron, 1724-1808

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Personal name headingDorchester, Guy Carleton, Baron, 1724-1808
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Variant(s)Carleton, Guy, Baron Dorchester, 1724-1808
Dorchester, Lord, 1724-1808
Carleton, Guy, 1724-1808
Associated countryEngland
Associated placeQuébec (Province)
Birth date1724-09-03
Death date1808-11-10
Place of birthIreland
Place of deathStubbings (England)
Field of activityGreat Britain. Army
Colonies--Administration
AffiliationGreat Britain. Army
Profession or occupationGreat Britain. Army--Officers Colonial administrators
Found inNUCMC data from NJ Hist. Soc. for Bell, A. Papers, ca. 1742-1850 (Sir Guy Carleton)
Cycl. Amer. biog., 1915 (Carleton, Sir Guy, Lord Dorchester; Brit. soldier; 1724-1808; distinguished at sieges of Louisburg, Quebec, Belle Isle; gov. Quebec, 1772; fought Arnold on Lake Champlain)
Cohayne, G.C. (Dorchester, Guy Carleton; Baron; 3rd s. of Christopher C. & Catherine Ball; comdr. in chg. of N. Amer., 1782-96; Lord Dorchester; Baron of Dorchester)
Wikipedia, viewed February 24, 2014 (Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester, KB (3 September 1724-10 November 1808), known between 1776 and 1786 as Sir Guy Carleton; He twice served as Governor of the Province of Quebec, from 1768 to 1778, concurrently serving as Governor General of British North America in that time, and from 1785 to 1795; born in Ireland; died in Stubbings, England)
Associated languageeng