biography
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Carleton, Guy, Baron Dorchester
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| lived:
| (1724–1808)
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| biography:
| British soldier, born in Strabane, W Northern Ireland. Governor of Quebec (1775–7), he successfully defended the city against the Americans under Benedict Arnold, whom he subsequently defeated again on L Champlain in 1776. He was British commander-in-chief in America (1782–3). As Governor of Quebec (1786–9, 1793–6), and Governor of Lower Canada (1791–6), he did much to save Canada for Britain. |
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