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Sir Gordon Drummond 1771-1854
Photos by Alan L Brown - Posted September, 2006
Photo by Alan L Brown - Posted April, 2009
Inside the Ontario Legislature at Queen's Park is an Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada plaque. Here's what it says:
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Born at Quebec, Gordon Drummond had a distinguished military career in various parts of the Empire before becoming Administrator of Upper Canada and commander of the British forces in the province in 1813. That winter he drove the enemy out of the Niagara peninsula and carried the war into American territory. In July 1814 he checked the American advance at Lundy's Lane. Drummond was knighted in 1815, and named Administrator of Lower Canada, a post he held until 1816. He died in London.
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> Posted July 31, 2012
He returned to England in 1816, and in 1826 he was promoted to be full general. His later years were spent in retirement, and he died in London, England, on October 10, 1854. In 1809 he married Margaret, daughter of William Russell, of Brancipath Castle, Durham; and by her he had two sons and one daughter. He was created a K.C.B. in 1815 and a G.C.B. in 1817.
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