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Gosford, Archibald Acheson, Earl of, 1776-1849

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Personal name headingGosford, Archibald Acheson, Earl of, 1776-1849
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Variant(s)Acheson, Archibald, Earl of Gosford, 1776-1849
Gosford, 1776-1849
Associated countryIreland Great Britain
Associated placeCanada
Birth date1776-08-01
Death date1849-03-27
Place of birthIreland
Place of deathMarkethill (Northern Ireland)
Field of activityColonies--Administration
AffiliationCanada. Governor General
Profession or occupationColonial administrators
Found inVan Buren, M. ALS to the Earl of Gosford, 1831 Nov. 14 (Earl of Gosford, Dublin)
RLIN database, 8/6/91 (hdg.: Gosford, Archibald Acheson, Earl of, 1776-1849; Gosford, Archibald Acheson, 2d earl of; usage: Earl of Gosford)
DNB (Acheson, Sir Archibald, 1776-1849; succ. as Earl of Gosford 1807, cr. Baron Worlingham 1835; governor-in-chief of Canada)
Reports of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the grievances complained of in Lower Canada, 1837: page 3 (Gosford)
Dictionary of Canadian biography online, viewed October 23, 2015 (Acheson, Archibald, 2nd Earl of Gosford, colonial administrator; b. 1 Aug. 1776 in Ireland; d. 27 March 1849 at his estate in Markethill (Northern Ireland); 1 July 1835 as governor-in-chief of British North America.)
Associated languageeng