The Father of British Canada: a Chronicle of Carleton
By William Charles Henry Wood
- Release Date: 1947-01-01
- Genre: European History
Description
The book is The Father of British Canada: A Chronicle of Carleton. Guy Carleton, first Baron Dorchester, was born at Strabane, County Tyrone, on the 3rd of September 1724, the anniversary of Cromwell's two great victories and death. At eighteen Guy received his first commission as ensign in the 25th Foot, then known as Lord Rothes' regiment and now as the King's Own Scottish Borderers. In 1754 George Washington, at that time a young Virginian officer of only twenty-two, fired the first shot in what presently became the world-wide Seven Years' War.
