George Prevost | |
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| Governor General of the Canadas | |
| In office 1812–1815 | |
| Monarch | George III |
| Preceded by | Sir James Henry Craig |
| Succeeded by | Sir Gordon Drummond |
| Governor of Nova Scotia | |
| In office 1808–1811 | |
| Monarch | George III |
| Preceded by | Sir John Wentworth |
| Succeeded by | Sir John Coape Sherbrooke |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 19 May 1767 New Barbadoes Township, Province of New Jersey, British America (now Hackensack, New Jersey, U.S.) |
| Died | 5 January 1816 (aged 48) London, England |
| Cause of death | Dropsy |
| Resting place | Church of St Mary the Virgin, East Barnet, London, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Spouse | Catherine Anne Phipps |
| Children | 5 |
| Parent(s) | Augustine Prévost and Anne Francoise Marguerite Grand [1] |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Kingdom of Great Britain United Kingdom |
| Branch/service |  British Army |
| Years of service | 1779–1816 |
| Rank | Lieutenant-General |
| Commands | The Canadas |
| Battles/wars | French Revolutionary Wars War of 1812 |
Sir George Prevost, 1st Baronet (19 May 1767 – 5 January 1816) was a British Army officer and colonial administrator who is most well known as the "Defender of Canada" during the War of 1812.[2] Born in New Jersey, the eldest son of Genevan Augustine Prévost, he joined the British Army as a youth and became a captain in 1784. Prevost served in the West Indies during the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars, and was commander of St. Vincent from 1794 to 1796. He became Lieutenant-Governor of Saint Lucia from 1798 to 1802 and Governor of Dominica from 1802 to 1805. He is best known to history for serving as both the civilian Governor General and the military Commander in Chief in British North America (now part of Canada) during the War of 1812 between Britain and the United States.
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