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John Graves Simcoe

1752 - 1806

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Lieutenant-General John Graves Simcoe (25 February 1752 – 26 October 1806) was a British army officer, politician, and colonial administrator who served as the lieutenant governor of Upper Canada from 1791 until 1796. He founded York, which is now known as Toronto, and was instrumental in introducing institutions such as courts of law, trial by jury, English common law, freehold land tenure, and also in the abolition of slavery in Upper Canada. His long-term goal was the development of Upper Canada (Ontario) as a model community built on aristocratic and conservative principles, designed to demonstrate the superiority of those principles to the republicanism of the United States. His energetic efforts were only partially successful in establishing a local gentry, a thriving Church of England, and an anti-American coalition with select indigenous nations. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2024). John Graves Simcoe is the 17,175th most popular politician (down from 17,005th in 2024), the 5,431st most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 5,372nd in 2019) and the 625th most popular British Politician.

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Among people born in 1752, John Graves Simcoe ranks 36. Before him are Antonio Scarpa, Johann Gottfried Eichhorn, Albrecht Thaer, Palisot de Beauvois, Barnaba Oriani, and Gouverneur Morris. After him are George Rogers Clark, and Philip Freneau. Among people deceased in 1806, John Graves Simcoe ranks 52. Before him are Henry Knox, Heinrich Christian Boie, Benjamin Banneker, Rana Bahadur Shah, Robert Morris, and William Paterson. After him are Elizabeth Carter, and George Wythe.

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Among people born in United Kingdom, John Graves Simcoe ranks 5,428 out of 8,785. Before him are John Lynch (1961). After him are Ron Flowers (1934), Harry Lloyd (1983), Keith Greene (1938), George Fenton (1950), Joe Cornish (1968), Chris Smalling (1989), Henry Taylor (1932), Jet Harris (1939), Andy Sutcliffe (1947), Peter Sallis (1921), and Margaret Drabble (1939).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, John Graves Simcoe ranks 625. Before him are Tom Clarke (1858), Edward Hawke, 1st Baron Hawke (1705), John Swinney (1964), Edward Law, 1st Earl of Ellenborough (1790), Herbert Morrison (1888), and Michael Portillo (1953). After him are Peter Mandelson (1953), Denis Healey (1917), Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville (1742), John Lawrence, 1st Baron Lawrence (1811), Malcolm MacDonald (1901), and Herbert Gladstone, 1st Viscount Gladstone (1854).

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