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Sir Frederick Haldimand, KB
Order of the Bath

The Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a United Kingdom order of chivalry founded by George I of Great Britain on 18 May 1725. The name derives from the medieval ceremony for creating a knight, which involved bathing as one of its elements....
 (August 11, 1718 – June 5, 1791) was a British
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 army officer and governor.

Haldimand was born, baptised and died in Yverdon, Switzerland
Yverdon-les-Bains

Yverdon-les-Bains is a municipalities of Switzerland in the district of Yverdon of the Cantons of Switzerland of Vaud in Switzerland. It is the seat of the district....
 as François-Louis-Frédéric Haldimand and spent his early military career, from 1740 to 1756, in Europe; in the army of the King of Sardinia, the Prussian Army, and then with the Swiss Mercenaries.

He joined the British army at the outbreak of the French and Indian War
French and Indian War

The French and Indian War was the North American chapter of the Seven Years' War, known in Canada as the War of the Conquest. The name refers to the two main enemies of the British: the royal French forces and the various Indigenous peoples of the Americas forces allied with them....
 and remained in Canada
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
 after it was captured from the French
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
 in 1759.






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Sir Frederick Haldimand, KB
Order of the Bath

The Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a United Kingdom order of chivalry founded by George I of Great Britain on 18 May 1725. The name derives from the medieval ceremony for creating a knight, which involved bathing as one of its elements....
 (August 11, 1718 – June 5, 1791) was a British
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 army officer and governor.

Haldimand was born, baptised and died in Yverdon, Switzerland
Yverdon-les-Bains

Yverdon-les-Bains is a municipalities of Switzerland in the district of Yverdon of the Cantons of Switzerland of Vaud in Switzerland. It is the seat of the district....
 as François-Louis-Frédéric Haldimand and spent his early military career, from 1740 to 1756, in Europe; in the army of the King of Sardinia, the Prussian Army, and then with the Swiss Mercenaries.

He joined the British army at the outbreak of the French and Indian War
French and Indian War

The French and Indian War was the North American chapter of the Seven Years' War, known in Canada as the War of the Conquest. The name refers to the two main enemies of the British: the royal French forces and the various Indigenous peoples of the Americas forces allied with them....
 and remained in Canada
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
 after it was captured from the French
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
 in 1759. He served as military governor
Governor

A governor is a governing official, usually the Executive of a non-sovereign level of government, ranking under the head of state. In federations, a governor may be the title of each appointed or elected politician who governs a constitutive state....
 of Trois-Rivières, Quebec
Trois-Rivières, Quebec

Trois-Rivi?res is a city in the Mauricie region of Quebec, Canada, located along the densely populated Quebec City-Windsor Corridor at the confluence of the Saint-Maurice River and St....
. He returned to Europe in 1774.

He became Governor of the Province of Quebec
Province of Quebec (1763-1791)

The Province of Quebec was a colony in North America created by Kingdom of Great Britain after the Seven Years' War. Great Britain acquired Canada, New France by the Treaty of Paris when King Louis XV of France of France and his advisors chose to keep the territory of Guadeloupe for its valuable sugar crops instead of New France....
 (which at the time included what is now Ontario
Ontario

Ontario is a Provinces and territories of Canada located in the Central Canada part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest, after Quebec, in total area....
) in 1778 serving through the American Revolution
American Revolution

The American Revolution refers to the political upheaval during the last half of the 18th century in which the Thirteen Colonies of North America overthrew the governance of the British Empire and then rejected the British monarchy to become the sovereign United States of America....
. Haldimand built up Quebec's defenses and sent raiding parties (Carleton's Raid (1778)
Carleton's Raid (1778)

}|-||}Carleton's Raid was a Kingdom of Great Britain raid during the American War of Independence....
 and the Burning of the Valleys in 1780) into the rebellious American
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 colonies. At the end of the American Revolution he helped settle American refugees who became known as United Empire Loyalists
United Empire Loyalists

The name United Empire Loyalists is a honorific name which has been given after the fact to those Loyalist who resettled in British North America and other British Colonies as an act of fealty to George III of the United Kingdom after the Kingdom of Great Britain defeat in the American Revolutionary War and prior to the Treaty of Paris ....
 in what became first New Brunswick
New Brunswick

New Brunswick is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the only Constitution of Canada bilingual province in the federation. The provincial capital is Fredericton....
 and later Ontario
Ontario

Ontario is a Provinces and territories of Canada located in the Central Canada part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest, after Quebec, in total area....
 and also settled the Six Nations
Iroquois

The Iroquois Confederacy is a group of First Nations/Native Americans in the United States that originally consisted of five nations: the Mohawk nation, the Oneida tribe, the Onondaga , the Cayuga nation, and the Seneca nation....
 in Canada. In the summer of 1784 he was recalled to England, but it was two years before a successor was made.

Legacy


  • Haldimand County, Ontario
    Haldimand County, Ontario

    Haldimand is a rural city-status Census divisions of Ontario#Single-tier municipalities on the Niagara Peninsula in southern Ontario, Canada, on the north shore of Lake Erie, and on the Grand River ....
     and Haldimand Beach near the town of Gaspé, Quebec
    Gaspé, Quebec

    Gasp? is a town at the tip of the Gasp? Peninsula in eastern Quebec, Canada. As of the 2006 census, the town had a total population of 14,819....
     are named after him.
  • Fort Haldimand at the Royal Military College of Canada
    Royal Military College of Canada

    The Royal Military College of Canada , is the military academy of the Canadian Forces, and is a degree-granting university. RMC is the only federal institution in Canada with degree granting powers....
     in Kingston, Ontario
    Kingston, Ontario

    Kingston, Ontario is a Canadian city located at the eastern end of Lake Ontario, where the lake runs into the St. Lawrence River and the Thousand Islands begin....
     was named after him in 1949. This dormitory
    Dormitory

    Dormitory typically refers in the United States to residence halls, which are sleeping quarters or entire buildings primarily providing sleeping and residential quarters for large numbers of people, often boarding school, college or university students....
     is currently closed for renovations.


See also

  • Haldimand Proclamation
    Haldimand Proclamation

    The Haldimand Proclamation was a decree that granted land to the Iroquois who had served on the British side during the American Revolution. The decree was issued by the Governor of the Province of Quebec , Frederick Haldimand, on October 25, 1784....

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