romoted captain, 1743;
served on the court martial of Admiral Byng, 1756-1757. Commanded H. M.
S. _Pembroke_ at Quebec, 1759, and killed in action. =Index=: =S= Father
of John Graves Simcoe, 15; sails with Admiral Saunders for Quebec, 16;
his death, 16; story of his previous imprisonment at Quebec not
authenticated, 16; his anticipation of the future greatness of Canada,
17; Lake Simcoe named after, 207. =Bib.=: Morgan, _Cel. Can._

=Simcoe, John Graves= (1752-1806). =S= Speaks in House of Commons on
Constitutional Act, 7, 8; birth and family, 15; death of his father, 16;
educated at Eton and Oxford, 17; obtains commission as ensign, 18;
ordered to America, 18; obtains command of Queen's Rangers, 19, 22;
proposes to enlist Boston Negroes, 19; sails with Howe for Halifax, 20;
promoted to captaincy, and sails for New York, 20; wounded in action,
22; major in command of Queen's Rangers, 22; his _Military Journal_, 23;
improves organization of his corps, 24; his intense devotion to British
cause, 25; promoted to be lieutenant-colonel in America, 25; with a few
men disperses considerable body of rebel militia, 26-29; wounded, 27;
goes into winter quarters at Oyster Bay, Long Island, 30; operations
with right column of army, 30; taken prisoner, 30; released, 31; makes
plan to carry off Washington, 32; attached to expedition to Virginia
under Benedict Arnold, 33; captures enemy's stores, 34; defeats superior
force of the enemy at Spencer's Ordinary, 35; health impaired, 36; after
surrender of Cornwallis, sails for England on parole, 37; promoted to be
lieutenant-colonel, 39; recruits his health at home in Devonshire, 40;
his marriage, 40; released from parole, 41; poetical gifts, 41-43;
elected to Parliament, 44; speech on impeachment of Warren Hastings, 44;
appointed to governorship of Upper Canada, 45; correspondence with
Grenville and Dundas upon Upper Canada matters, 45, 46; desires
appointment of a bishop, 46; sails for Canada in _Triton_, 47; brings
out various commissions, 47; delay in swearing in, 48; sworn in, 49, 79;
arrives in Upper Canada and proceeds to Niagara, 50; his eagerness to
welcome Loyalist emigrants, 56; favours aristocracy, 69, 70, 197; his
proclamation on the subject of persons entitled to special distinction
as Loyalists, 71; his estimate of the Indians, 75; issues proclamation
announcing county divisions, 80; opens first session of Legislature, 82;
his speech from the throne, 83; deals with marriage q