This is a list of officers who commanded the

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of the

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in Canada until 1906, when the last British garrison was withdrawn. From 1875 there was a separate commander of the

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. This officer was responsible to the

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and was the predecessor of the present

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Commanders

Lieutenant-General on the Staff, commanding the Troops in North America * 1849–1855: Lieutenant-General

William Rowan Field marshal (United Kingdom), Field Marshal Sir William Shearman Rowan,England, Select Marriages, 1538–1973 (18 June 1789 – 26 September 1879) was a British Army officer. He served in the Peninsular War and then the Hundred Days, fighting ...

CB * 1855–1856: Major-General

John Home Home Lieutenant-General John Home Home was an officer of the British Army. Biography He was the son of John Home, a captain in the Army, who inherited the estate of Bassendean from a cousin, and his wife Mary, née Mackay. Home served as commanding o ...

, acting * 1856–1859: Lieutenant-General Sir William Eyre KCB * 1859–1865: Lieutenant-General Sir

William Fenwick Williams General Sir William Fenwick Williams, 1st Baronet of Kars (4 December 180026 July 1883) was a Nova Scotian military leader for the British during the Victorian era. Williams is remembered for his defence of the town of Kars during the Crimea ...

Bt KCB Lieutenant-General on the Staff, commanding the Troops in Canada * 1865–1867: Lieutenant-General Sir

John Michel Field marshal (United Kingdom), Field Marshal Sir John Michel (1 September 1804 – 23 May 1886) was a British Army officer. He commanded the Royal Warwickshire Regiment, 6th Regiment of Foot during the Xhosa Wars#Eighth war (1850–1853), Eig ...

GCB * 1867–1870: Lieutenant-General Sir

Charles Ash Windham General Sir Charles Ash Windham (10 October 1810 – 2 February 1870) was a British Army officer and Liberal Party politician. Biography Educated at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, Windham was commissioned as an ensign in the Coldstream ...

KCB * February–March 1870: Major-General Sir

Charles Hastings Doyle Sir Charles Hastings Doyle (10 April 1803 – 19 March 1883) was a British military officer who was the second Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia post Confederation and the first Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick. Military career Born ...

KCMG, acting * March–September 1870: Lieutenant-General the Hon. James Alexander Lindsay, employed on a particular service to oversee the reduction of British troops * 1870–1873: Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Hastings Doyle KCMG, resumed * 1873–1878: General Sir

William O'Grady Haly General Sir William O'Grady Haly (2 January 1811 – 19 March 1878) was a British Army officer who was the Commander of the British Troops in Canada. Early life and family Haly was one of five surviving children born to Richard Aylmer Haly ...

KCB * 1878–1883: General Sir

Patrick Leonard MacDougall General Sir Patrick Leonard MacDougall, (10 August 1819 – 28 November 1894) was a British Army officer who became Commander of the British Troops in Canada. Military career MacDougall was born the only son of Lieutenant Colonel Sir Dun ...

KCMG * 1883–1888: General

Lord Alexander George Russell General Lord Alexander George Russell (16 September 1821 – 10 January 1907) was a British Army general. He served during the Siege of Sevastapol in the Crimean War. Background Russell was born at Woburn Abbey, Bedfordshire, the seventh s ...

CB * 1888–1893: General Sir John Ross GCB * 1893–1898: General

Alexander George Montgomery Moore General Sir Alexander George Montgomery Moore (6 April 1833 – 17 January 1919) was an officer of the British Army. Biography He was born on 6 April 1833, the son of Alexander James Montgomery Moore of Garvey House, Aughnacloy, County Tyrone, s ...

* 1898–1901: Lieutenant-General

Lord William Frederick Ernest Seymour General Lord William Frederick Ernest Seymour, (8 December 1838 – 9 February 1915), known as William Seymour until 1871, was a senior British Army officer. Military career Born the son of Admiral Sir George Francis Seymour, Seymour served in ...

Colonel on the Staff, commanding the Troops in Canada * 1902–1906: Major-General Sir

Charles Sim Bremridge Parsons Colonel Sir Charles Sim Bremridge Parsons, (9 May 1855 – 25 June 1923) was an officer in the British Army, who spent most of his career serving in the African continent. Commissioned into the Royal Artillery, he later specialised in logisti ...

KCMG

References

Hart's Army List Lieutenant-General Henry George Hart (1808–1878) was an Irish officer in the British Army, who was best known as the author, editor, and proprietor of '' Hart's Army List'', an unofficial publication recording army service. Early life Born o ...

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