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.