Nicholas Cox (1724–1794) was a British military officer in

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and later Lt. Governor of the Gaspesie. During

Father Le Loutre's War Father Le Loutre's War (1749–1755), also known as the Indian War, the Mi'kmaq War and the Anglo-Mi'kmaq War, took place between King George's War and the French and Indian War in Acadia and Nova Scotia. On one side of the conflict, the Kingdo ...

, Cox was under the command of Col.

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and Lt. Col

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of the

47th Regiment of Foot The 47th (Lancashire) Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army, raised in Scotland in 1741. It served in North America during the Seven Years' War and American Revolutionary War and also fought during the Napoleonic Wars and ...

. Cox served as commander at Fort Vieux Logis, after the Siege of Grand Pre and later at Fort Edward, participating in the

Bay of Fundy Campaign (1755) The Bay of Fundy campaign occurred during the French and Indian War (the North American theatre of the Seven Years' War) when the British ordered the Expulsion of the Acadians from Acadia after the Battle of Fort Beauséjour (1755). The campaign ...

. He became a captain on 2 July 1753 and was the longest serving Captain at Fort Edward. He also was at the

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and the

Siege of Louisbourg (1758) The siege of Louisbourg was a pivotal operation of the French and Indian War in 1758 that ended French colonial dominance in Atlantic Canada and led to the subsequent British campaign to capture Quebec in 1759 and the remainder of New France ...

. In 1789, Cox was appointed lieutenant-governor of the Gaspé District by Governor Guy Carleton, and had his home in New Carlisle. In 1842, the geographic township around New Carlisle was named after him, which became the Township Municipality of Cox in 1845. It was dissolved in 1877 when it was divided into the Municipalities of New Carlisle and

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Cox, Nicholas People from Hants County, Nova Scotia 1724 births 1794 deaths 47th Regiment of Foot officers