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Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester

1724 - 1808

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Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester (3 September 1724 – 10 November 1808), known between 1776 and 1786 as Sir Guy Carleton, was a British Army officer and colonial administrator. 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 again from 1785 to 1795. The title Baron Dorchester was created on 21 August 1786. He commanded British troops in the American Revolutionary War, first leading the defence of Quebec during the 1775 rebel invasion, and the 1776 counteroffensive that drove the rebels from the province. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester is the 13,958th most popular politician (down from 13,782nd in 2019), the 3,436th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 3,206th in 2019) and the 475th most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester ranks 13,958 out of 19,576. Before him are Ariobarzanes of Phrygia, Leonel Brizola, Amrullah Saleh, José Fernando de Abascal y Sousa, Théodore Sindikubwabo, and Juan Bautista Gill. After him are Alfred Gusenbauer, Marcus Claudius Marcellus, Thomas, 2nd Earl of Lancaster, Andrzej Bartkowiak, Veríssimo Correia Seabra, and Abdallah Ibrahim.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1724, Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester ranks 31. Before him are Gottfried Heinrich Bach, Anton Friedrich Büsching, Johann Julius Walbaum, Dai Zhen, Samuel Hood, 1st Viscount Hood, and Ji Yun. After him are Georges-Louis Le Sage, and Jane Colden. Among people deceased in 1808, Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester ranks 25. Before him are José Celestino Mutis, José Moñino, 1st Count of Floridablanca, Alexander Dalrymple, Fredrik Henrik af Chapman, Princess Louise of Saxe-Gotha-Altenburg, and Giuseppe Piermarini. After him are Carl Hindenburg, John Wilkinson, and Fisher Ames.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester ranks 3,437 out of 8,785. Before him are John Lyly (1554), Margaret Price (1941), James Jones (1873), Edward Charles Howard (1774), Patrick Doyle (1953), and Drew McIntyre (1985). After him are Kathy Burke (1964), George Anson, 1st Baron Anson (1697), James Arthur (1988), I. A. Richards (1893), George Abbot (1562), and Ben Whishaw (1980).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester ranks 475. Before him are Ian Paisley (1926), William Beresford, 1st Viscount Beresford (1768), George W. Campbell (1769), Roy Jenkins (1920), Emil Voigt (1883), and Thérèse Coffey (1971). After him are Mother Shipton (1488), Tony Abbott (1957), Frederick Spencer, 4th Earl Spencer (1798), Magnus Erlendsson, Earl of Orkney (1075), Charles Townshend (1725), and Centwine of Wessex (643).

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