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Last name Simcoe
First name John
Middle name Graves
Display name Governor John Graves Simcoe
Birth date 1752
Death date 1806
Birth place England
Death place England
Gender m
Affiliations cangov
Bio notes British army officer and the first Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada (1791-1796). Founded York (now Toronto)

Mentioned in:

Jacob Lindley's Account, 1793

Joseph Moore's Journal

Letter to John Drinker from John Parrish et. al.