de.= =WM= Commandant of garrison of Quebec, 214, 219;
describes despondency in city, 224; calls council which declares for
capitulation, 225; seeks pretext for capitulation, 230; capitulates,
231, 232. =Bib.=: Doughty, _Siege of Quebec_; Wood, _The Fight for
Canada_.
=Rand, Theodore Harding= (1835-1900). Born at Cornwallis, Nova Scotia.
Educated at Horton Academy and at Acadia College. Taught for a time in
the provincial Normal School, Truro. Subsequently superintendent of
education in both Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. Occupied various
professorships in educational institutions; chancellor of McMaster
University, Toronto, 1892-1895. =Bib.=: Works: _At Minas Basin, and
other Poems_; _Song Waves and other Poems_; _Treasury of Canadian
Verse_. For biog., _see_ Morgan, _Can. Men_; MacMurchy, _Canadian
Literature_.
=Randal, Robert.= =Mc= Virginian, settled at Chippewa, 138; Mackenzie
defends, 138; goes to England about Alien Act, 139; success of his
mission, 142, 143.
=Randolph, Beverley= (1755-1797). Governor of Virginia. Born in Henrico
County, Virginia, and educated at William and Mary College. In 1784 was
appointed a visitor of the college. A member of the Virginia Assembly
during the American Revolution. In 1787 appointed president of the
Executive Council; and in 1788 governor of Virginia. =Index=: =S=
American commissioner to treat with Indians, 123; entertained by Simcoe
at Navy Hall, 184, 229. =Bib.=: _Cyc. Am. Biog._
=Rangers (British).= =Hd= Established near Cataraqui, 265. =WM= Reembark
after fall of Quebec, 236. _See also_ Queen's Rangers.
=Rankin, Colonel.= =Md= Challenges Macdonald, but makes frank apology,
and meeting is averted, 81-82.
=Rankine, Alexander.= =T= Deserts Liberals in New Brunswick, 18.
=Rattray, William Jordan= (1835-1883). Born in London, England.
Emigrated to Canada, 1848. In 1858 graduated from Toronto University,
and later entered the journalistic profession. Published a number of
books on religious and general subjects; for several years on the
editorial staff of the Toronto _Mail_. Contributed to Canadian and
American periodicals. =Index=: =Mc= His opinion of Mackenzie, 5, 6, 12,
26; views on the Rebellion, 26; on destruction of the _Advocate_, 115;
opinion of Head, 307. =Bib.=: _The Scot in British North America_. For
biog., _see_ Rose, _Cyc. Can. Biog._
=Raudot, Antoine-Denis= (1679-1737). Son of Jacques Raudot. Filled the
office of inspector-general of the navy at D
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