Sir John Coape Sherbrooke
Sir 'John Coape Sherbrooke' (baptised
April 29 1764 –
February 14 1830) was a
British soldier and colonial administrator. After serving in the British army in
Nova Scotia, the
Netherlands,
India, the
Mediterranean (including
Sicily), and
Spain, he was appointed
Lieutenant-Governor of
Nova Scotia in
1811.
His active defense of the colony during the
War of 1812 led to his appointment as
Governor General of
British North America in
1816. His talent as a mediator helped settle disputes between anglophones and francophones, and he won the confidence of
Louis-Joseph Papineau.
Ill health (probably a
stroke) forced him to resign after only two years, and he retired to
Nottinghamshire in England. However, his brief tenure was remembered as a period of calm before the coming storm (see
Rebellions of 1837).
The city of
Sherbrooke, Quebec and the town of
Sherbrooke, Nova Scotia are named after him, as are major streets in
Montreal and
Winnipeg (spelled "Sherbrook" in the latter).
External links
★
Biography at the ''Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online''
★
National Assembly biography (in French)
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