Cathcart Charles Murray Earl 1783-1859 Served In Holland 1799


saw service through Peninsular War; fought at Waterloo; assumed title,

1843; succeeded General Jackson as commander-in-chief of the forces in

British North America, 1845; administrator the same year, on the

departure of Sir Charles Metcalfe; governor-general, 1846; succeeded by

Lord Elgin, 1847. =Index=: (Sir John A Macdonald era) Succeeds Metcalfe as governor-general,

25; correspondence with Draper over Macdonald's appointment to Cabinet,

26. (Baldwin / La Fontaine / Hincks era) Becomes administrator, and afterwards governor-general,

265-266; his character and attitude towards political questions in

Canada, 266. (Lord Elgin era) Succeeds Metcalfe as governor-general, more interested

in problems of defence than in politics, 38; replaced by Elgin, 40; his

instructions to Rebellion Losses Commission, 65. (George Brown Era) His appointment and

character, 28; warns British government of disaffection in Canada, 31.



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