John Graves Simcoe

GPTKB entity

Statements (54)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:allegiance gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:appointedBy gptkb:William_Pitt_the_Younger
gptkbp:birthDate 1752-02-25
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Cotterstock,_Northamptonshire,_England
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Wolford_Chapel,_Devon,_England
gptkbp:children gptkb:Caroline_Simcoe
gptkb:Charlotte_Simcoe
gptkb:Eliza_Simcoe
gptkb:Francis_Gwillim_Simcoe
gptkb:Henrietta_Simcoe
gptkb:John_Cornwall_Simcoe
gptkb:Sophia_Simcoe
gptkbp:commanded gptkb:Queen's_Rangers
gptkbp:deathDate 1806-10-26
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Exeter,_Devon,_England
gptkbp:education gptkb:Eton_College
gptkb:Merton_College,_Oxford
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label John Graves Simcoe
gptkbp:knownFor abolition of slavery in Upper Canada
founding York (now Toronto)
gptkbp:legacy gptkb:Lake_Simcoe
gptkb:Simcoe_Island
gptkb:Simcoe_Street
gptkb:Simcoe_County
gptkb:Simcoe,_Ontario
gptkb:Simcoe_Day
gptkbp:memorial gptkb:Simcoe_Memorial
gptkbp:militaryRank Lieutenant Colonel
gptkbp:militaryService gptkb:British_Army
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableFor first Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:soldier
politician
gptkbp:parent gptkb:John_Simcoe
Katherine Stamford
gptkbp:portrait gptkb:George_Theodore_Berthon
gptkbp:predecessor position established
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Anglicanism
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Castle_Frank
gptkb:Wolford_Lodge
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:American_Revolutionary_War
gptkb:French_Revolutionary_Wars
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Elizabeth_Posthuma_Gwillim
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Peter_Russell_(acting)
gptkbp:termEnd 1796
gptkbp:termStart 1791
gptkbp:wrote gptkb:A_Journal_of_the_Operations_of_the_Queen's_Rangers
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Lieutenant_Governor_of_Ontario
gptkb:Exeter
gptkb:Simcoe_Island
gptkb:Samuel_Roukin
gptkb:Governor_General_of_Upper_Canada
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5