PREVOST, SIR GEORGE

prĕˈvō, 1767–1816, British soldier and governor in chief of Canada (1811–15). He held several administrative posts in the West Indies before becoming (1808) lieutenant governor of Nova Scotia. In 1811 he became governor in Canada and was conspicuous for his conciliation of the French Canadians. As commander in chief of the British forces in Canada in the War of 1812, he suffered public humiliation for the retreat at Sackets Harbor (1813) and the defeat at Plattsburgh (1814). He was recalled to England but died before his court-martial started. He was created baronet in 1805.

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Cockburn and the British Navy in Transition: Admiral Sir George Cockburn, 1772-1853
Book by Roger Morriss; University of Exeter Press, 1997
Subjects: Admirals--Great Britain--Biography, Cockburn, George--Sir--1772-1853, Great Britain--History, Naval--19th Century, Great Britain--Royal Navy--Biography
...BRITISH NAVY IN TRANSITION ADMIRAL SIR GEORGE COCKBURN 1772-1853 EXETER MARITIME...BRITISH NAVY IN TRANSITION ADMIRAL SIR GEORGE COCKBURN 1772-1853 ROGER MORRISS...American War of 1812 with him, and Sir George Seymour who served with him in 1841-4...
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George Orwell: An Age Like This, 1920-1940 - Vol. 1
Book by Sonia Orwell, Ian Angus, George Orwell; David R. Godine, 2000
Subjects: Authors, English--20th Century--Correspondence, Journalists--Great Britain--Correspondence, Orwell, George--1903-1950--Correspondence
...contributions by George Orwell 541...material available: Sir Frank Francis, Director...Arthur Koestler, Mrs Georges Kopp, James Laughlin...Pritchard, Philip Rahv, Sir Herbert Read, Vernon...Herbert Rogers, the Hon. Sir Steven Runciman...Warburg and Professor George Woodcock. We would...
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The Collected Essays, Journalism, and Letters of George Orwell - Vol. 4
Book by Sonia Orwell, Ian Angus, George Orwell; Nonpareil Books, 2000
Subjects: Authors, English--20th Century--Correspondence, Journalists--Great Britain--Correspondence, Orwell, George--1903-1950--Correspondence
...contributions by George Orwell 517...material available: Sir Frank Francis, Director...Arthur Koestler, Mrs Georges Kopp, James Laughlin...Pritchard, Philip Rahv, Sir Herbert Read, Vernon...Herbert Rogers, the Hon. Sir Steven Runciman...Warburg and Professor George Woodcock. We would...
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The Letters of George Gissing to Eduard Bertz, 1887-1903
Book by Arthur C. Young, Eduard Bertz, George Gissing; Rutgers University Press, 1961
Subjects: Bertz, Eduard--1853-1931--Correspondence, Gissing, George--1857-1903--Correspondence
...Gissing, because, as Sir Edmund Gosse said in a review of The Letters of George Gissing to Members of...Yale. The Letters of George Gissing to Eduard Bertz...Walter was a nephew of Sir Anthony Hope Hawkins...great and glorious woman! George Eliot is miserable in...
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Johnson of the Mohawks: A Biography of Sir William Johnson, Irish Immigrant, Mohawk War Chief, American Soldier, Empire Builder
Book by Arthur Pound, Richard E. Day; Macmillan, 1930
Subjects: Johnson, William--Sir--1715-1774
...emoluments of his Lake George victory were showered...A Biography of SIR WILLIAM JOHNSON...HENDRIK AND SIR WILLIAM...battlefield at Lake George by the Colonial...Johnsons map of Lake George sector, sent by him to Sir Thomas Robinson...
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journal articles on: Prevost Sir George  - 27 results

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Certain Phosphate Lands in Nauru
Journal article by Keith Highet, George Kahale III, Jacques Semmelman, Herbert M. Lord, Harold J. Bacon, Samuel M. Witten; American Journal of International Law, Vol. 87, 1993
Subjects: International Relations
...of the United States. JACQUES SEMMELMAN Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt Mosle Agreements to arbitrate -- section 337 ITC...HERBERT M. LORD * HAROLD J. BACON Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt Mosle ____________________ * Mr. Lord is counsel...
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International Decisions
Journal article by Keith Highet, George Kahale III; American Journal of International Law, Vol. 89, 1995
Subjects: International Relations--Periodicals
...transactions. H. ROSEMARY JERONIMIDES * Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt Mosle ____________________ * I would like to...and the President of the Federal Trade Commission , and by Sir Leon Brittan, then Director-General for Competition, for the...
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International Decisions
Journal article by Keith Highet, George Kahale III, Gideon Rottem, Herbert M. Lord; American Journal of International Law, Vol. 87, 1993
Subjects: International Relations--Periodicals
...concluded that the commercial activity exception did not deprive CSC of its immunity. HERBERT M. LORD * Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt Mosle ____________________ * The author served as counsel on this case, together with Lizabeth L. Burrell...
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International Decisions
Journal article by Keith Highet, George Kahale III, Mark A. A. Warner; American Journal of International Law, Vol. 88, 1994
Subjects: International Relations--Periodicals
...inflicted is unacceptable. The advisability of defining the terms of Article 3 by concentrating on intent was questioned by Sir Gerald Fitzmaurice in Ireland v. United Kingdom : he found much force in the view that " t orture is torture whatever its...
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Land, Island and Maritime Frontier Dispute
Journal article by Keith Highet, George Kahale III, Gideon Rottem, Herbert M. Lord; American Journal of International Law, Vol. 87, 1993
Subjects: International Law, International Relations
...concluded that the commercial activity exception did not deprive CSC of its immunity. HERBERT M. LORD * Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt Mosle ____________________ * The author served as counsel on this case, together with Lizabeth L. Burrell...
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magazine articles on: Prevost Sir George  - 3 results

 
 
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Edmund Spenser: The Boyhood of a Poet
Magazine article by Donald Bruce; Contemporary Review, Vol. 264, February 1994
Subjects: Poets--Biography, Spenser, Edmund--Biography
...ambitiously attributed to Jan Prevost: the quietly fervent panels...larger polyptych commissioned by Sir Robert Tate, Alderman of the...London, for another Englishman, Sir John Donne. No doubt these English...the Duchess of Burgundy. Jan Prevost may have painted the missing...
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A Celebration of Hans Memlinc
Magazine article by Donald Bruce; Contemporary Review, Vol. 265, August 1994
Subjects: Memlinc, Hans--Biography, Painters--Biography
...founded in a world of distress. Sir John, his wife Elizabeth and...his Virgin and Child with St. George, also in the National Gallery...detail of the princely courts Sir John frequented. Seen through the colonnade behind Sir Johns remarkable encounter...
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Pictorial Prints Large Color
Magazine article by Charles Nagel; PSA Journal, Vol. 74, May 2008
Subjects: Color prints--Exhibitions, Photographers--Appreciation, Photographers--Works, Photographic Society of America--Exhibitions, Photographic Society of America--Subsidiaries, divisions and units, Pictorial works--Exhibitions
...12 22 <br/ Thierry, Ursch, France 7 13 <br/ Thomas, George, Australia 10 21 <br/ Tibor, Jabab, Romania 6 11...


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encyclopedia articles on: Prevost Sir George  - 5 results

 
 
1.
Prevost, Sir George
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
PREVOST, SIR GEORGE pre vo, 1767 1816, British soldier and governor in chief of Canada (1811 15). He held several administrative posts in the West...
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Craig, Sir James Henry
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...methods served only to consolidate the position of the French Canadians. Craig was replaced for reasons of health by Sir George Prevost. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University...
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Macomb, Alexander
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...in the absence of Gen. Ralph Izard, he repulsed (Sept. 11, 1814) the assault of a greatly superior force under Sir George Prevost; this action, accompanied by the complete defeat of a squadron on Lake Champlain by Thomas Macdonough, caused the...
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Plattsburgh
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...British in a pitched battle on Lake Champlain near Plattsburgh, compelling an accompanying land-invasion force under Sir George Prevost to return to Canada. The State Univ. of New York College at Plattsburgh is in the city. ____________________ Copyright...
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War of 1812
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...under Gen. Jacob Brown , maintained their own in engagements at Chippawa and Lundys Lane . Shortly afterward, Sir George Prevost led a large army into New York down the west side of Lake Champlain and seriously threatened the Hudson valley...


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