| LC control no. | n 85100058 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Arthur, George, Sir, 1784-1854 |
| Variant(s) | Arthur, George, Sir, Bart., 1784-1854 |
| Other standard no. | 0000000073743615 |
| Associated country | Great Britain England India Canada Australia Belize |
| Associated place | Bombay (Presidency) Upper Canada Van Diemen's Land |
| Birth date | 1784-06-21 |
| Death date | 1854-09-19 |
| Place of birth | Plymouth (England) |
| Place of death | London (England) |
| Field of activity | Great Britain--Colonies--Administration Military art and science |
| Affiliation | Great Britain. Army Great Britain. Privy Council |
| Profession or occupation | Colonial administrators Soldiers |
| Found in | Shaw, A.G.L. Sir George Arthur, Bart., 1784-1854, 1980. LC data base, 5/21/85 (hdg.: Arthur, George, Sir, Bart., 1784-1854) Dictionary of Canadian Biography WWW site, viewed February 21, 2022 (Arthur, Sir George; army officer and colonial administrator; b. June 21, 1784 in Plymouth, England; d. September 19, 1854 in London; he joined the army in 1804; he became superintendent and commandant of the British settlement on the coast of Honduras (Belize), assuming office in July 1814; despite his treatment of opponents in Honduras, he was appointed lieutenant governor of Van Diemen's Land in 1823 and took control of the government in May the following year; in spring 1837 he received a KCH from William IV and on July 19 was among the first to be knighted by the young Queen Victoria; despite criticism of his reaction to opposition in Van Dieman's Land, in November he was appointed lieutenant governor of Upper Canada; he personally supervised the defence of Upper Canada against the the activities of American Patriots and Canadian refugees; on February 10, 1841 he assumed office as deputy governor of the united province; however, his health was not good and he left for England in late March; his departure was little mourned, with conservatives regarding him as a turncoat and reformers regarding him with suspicion; he was created a baronet upon his return and in March 1842 was appointed governor and commander-in-chief of the presidency of Bombay, arriving in India in June; after war against Afghanistan, he also assisted in the campaign in Sind (Pakistan) and in 1844-45 suppressed a rebellion in his presidency; in 1846 he was forced to resign due to illness; in England he was promoted to major-general and made a member of the Privy Council; he rose to the rank of lieutenant-general in June 1854) |
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