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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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