Commander-in-chief, North America

COMMANDERS-IN-CHIEF, NORTH AMERICA 1755 - 1859

1755 Major-General Edward Braddock

1755 Major-General William Shirley

1756 General The Right Honourable John Campbell, 4th Earl Of Loudoun

1756 General James Abercrombie (general) of Glasshaugh

1758 Field Marshal Sir Jeffrey Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst , KB

1763 General Honourable Thomas Gage

1773 Post vacant during the absence of General Gage

1775 General Honourable Thomas Gage {Link without Title}

1775 General Sir William Howe, 5th Viscount Howe , KB

1778 General Sir Henry Clinton , KB (senior)

1782 General Right Honourable Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester , KB

1783 General John Campbell (of Strachur)

1787 Vacant until the next appointment in 1799

1799 Field Marshal His Royal Highness Prince Edward Augustus, Duke Of Kent And Strathearn , KG, PC, KP, GCB, GCH

1800 Vacant until 1811

1811 Lieutenant-General Sir George Prevost , Bt. Lower Canada, 1811-15

1838 Field Marhsal Sir John Colborne, 1st Baron Seaton , GCB, GCMG, GCH

1839 Vacant until 1839

1846 General Charles Murray Cathcart, 2nd Earl Cathcart , GCB (Lord Greenock)

1849 Field Marshal Sir William Rowan , GCB

1855 Vacant until 1859

1859 General Sir William Fenwick Williams , Pasha 1st Bt., GCB

After 1875 , the commander was replaced by the General Officer Commanding The Forces Canada and remained so until 1902 :

1890 Maj-Gen. The Rt Hon Ivor John Caradoc (Herbert), 1st Baron Treowen, CB, CMG, KStJ

1902 Lt-Gen. The Rt Hon Douglas MacKinnon (Baillie Hamilton), 12th Earl of Dundonald, KCB, KCVO

After 1904 , a Chief Of The General Staff Canada was established to replace British Forces with a Canadian Army commander:

After 1961 , army was under the command of the Chairman Of The Chiefs Of Staff (Canada) . The military was unified under the Canadian Armed Forces in 1964 and commanded was placed under the Chief Of The Defence Staff (Canada) .

REFERENCES

Land Forces of Britain, the Empire and the Commonwealth: http://www.regiments.org/biography/defchiefs/caCinC.htm

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