Treasure Cay , is a parcel of land connected to Great Abaco Island in The Bahamas . It has a population of 1,187 as of the 2010 Bahaman census.
69-405: There are two resorts Bahama Beach Club developed by Businessman Craig H. Roberts and Treasure Cay Beach Hotel, Marina & Golf resort, condos, villas, and private homes, many for rent. Located within are bars, restaurants, shops, and a bakery, a ceramic shop. There is a large marina that hosts seasonal fishing tournaments, tennis courts, and a golf course. Green Turtle Cay Ferry Dock is located on
138-706: A militia met with limited success at first, as neither the ethnic French nor the English residents were willing to join. Area Natives were willing to fight on the British side, and the Crown wanted them to do so, but Carleton turned their offer down because he feared the Natives attacking non-combatants. For the same reason, he limited Guy Johnson and his Iroquois allies, who had come to Quebec from New York , to operating only in Quebec. During
207-671: A British colony. Toward this end, Carleton assigned Samuel Birch to create the Book of Negroes . The military and political career of his younger brother, Thomas Carleton , was interwoven with his own, and Thomas served under him in the Canadas. Guy Carleton was born into an Ulster Protestant military family that had lived in Ulster in the north of the Kingdom of Ireland since the Plantation of Ulster in
276-421: A Governor, a council, and an assembly. The governor could veto any action of the council, but London had also given Carleton instructions that all of his actions required the approval of the council. Most officials of the province at this time did not receive a salary and received their income through fees they charged for their services. Carleton tried to replace this system with one in which the officials received
345-475: A position of Governor General of all the provinces in British North America . Instead he was appointed "Governor-in-chief", with simultaneous appointments as governor of Quebec, New Brunswick , Nova Scotia , and St. John's Island (present-day Prince Edward Island ). He arrived in Quebec on 23 October 1786. His position as Governor-in-chief was mostly ignored. He found quickly that his authority in any of
414-507: A regular salary, but this position was never supported in London. When Carleton renounced his own fees, Murray was furious. After Murray resigned his position, Carleton was appointed Captain General and Governor-in-Chief on 12 April 1768. Carleton took the oath of office on 1 November 1768. On 9 August 1770 he sailed for England for what he thought was a few months' consultation on issues related to
483-547: Is unusual and was possibly a surprise to him. One connection may have been due to the Duke of Richmond, who in 1766 been made Secretary of State for the North American colonies. Fourteen years earlier, Carleton had tutored the Duke. The Duke was the colonel of the 72nd Regiment of Foot, while Carleton was its lieutenant colonel. He appointed Carleton as commander-in-chief of all troops stationed in Quebec. The government consisted of
552-415: The Book of Negroes , entering their names, ages, occupations, and names of their former masters. The Americans agreed to this, but as far as can be determined, the Crown never paid compensation. The British transported about 3,000 freedmen and other Loyalists to Nova Scotia for resettlement. As the colony struggled, some of the freedmen later chose in the early 1790s to go to Freetown, Sierra Leone , where
621-502: The 1775 rebel invasion , and the 1776 counteroffensive that drove the rebels from the province. In 1782 and 1783, he led as the commander-in-chief of all British forces in North America . In this capacity he was notable for carrying out the Crown's promise of freedom to slaves who joined the British, and he oversaw the evacuation of British forces, Loyalists and more than 3,000 freedmen from New York City in 1783 to transport them to
690-805: The 3rd Infantry Division in September 1939 for service with the British Expeditionary Force (BEF); it took part in the Dunkirk evacuation in June 1940 and the Normandy landings in June 1944 and saw action at the Battle for Caen later that month. The 2nd Battalion moved to Burma as part of the 89th Brigade in the 7th Indian Infantry Division in September 1943 for service in the Burma Campaign and saw action at
759-551: The Army of Observation made up of German troops designed to protect Hanover from French invasion. The army was forced to retreat following the Battle of Hastenbeck and eventually concluded the Convention of Klosterzeven , taking them out of the war. After the convention was signed, Carleton returned to Britain. In 1758 he was made the lieutenant colonel of the newly formed 72nd Regiment of Foot . James Wolfe selected Carleton as his aide in
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#1732855772858828-448: The Battle of Minden on 1 August 1759 with five other regiments; this battle honour was celebrated by the regiment each year on 1 August. The 25th was the county regiment of Sussex in 1782 when it became known as the 25th (Sussex) Regiment of Foot . The regiment was awarded the right to bear the emblem of the Sphinx for their role in the Battle of Alexandria in 1801. Its recruiting area
897-612: The Battle of Passchendaele in autumn 1917, the Battle of Lys in April 1918 and the Battle of Cambrai in October 1918. During the Home Rule Crisis in 1914, the 2nd Battalion was stationed in Dublin as part of 13th Brigade in the 5th Division . A detachment of the battalion was responsible for killing four and wounding 38 unarmed civilians during an altercation with a crowd on the day of
966-797: The Battle of the Admin Box in February 1944 and the Battle of Imphal in July 1944. The 4th and 5th Battalions landed at Saint-Malo as part of the 155th Brigade in the 52nd (Lowland) Division in June 1940 for service with the British Expeditionary Force; after evacuation from Cherbourg later in the month they took part in Operation Infatuate in November 1944 and the subsequent capture of Bremen in April 1945. The 6th Battalion took part in
1035-875: The Howth gun-running in July 1914. It then landed at Le Havre in August 1914 for service on the Western Front and saw action at the Battle of Mons in August 1914, the Battle of Le Cateau also in August 1914 and the First Battle of the Aisne in September 1914. It later saw combat at the Second Battle of Ypres in May 1915, the Battle of the Somme in November 1916, the Battle of Vimy Ridge in April 1917,
1104-568: The Quebec Act 1774 ( 14 Geo. 3 . c. 83) and finally the partition of the two Canadas in the Constitutional Act 1791 ( 31 Geo. 3 . c. 31). On 22 May 1772, at the age of nearly 48, Carleton married Lady Maria Howard, daughter of Thomas Howard, 2nd Earl of Effingham . They had nine sons and two daughters. His elder brothers having predeceased him, and himself dying two years before his father, third son Lieutenant-Colonel Christopher Carleton
1173-645: The Royal Regiment of Scotland on 28 March 2006, the Royal Scots Battalion and the King's Own Scottish Borderers Battalion initially maintained their identities as separate battalions. However almost immediately the Ministry of Defence moved to amalgamate the two battalions. This was not a new idea: the origins of the combined entity, Royal Scots Borderers , dates from the 1990 Options for Change review, when it
1242-578: The Royal Regiment of Scotland . However, after just a few months the battalion merged with the Royal Scots Battalion to form the Royal Scots Borderers . The regiment was raised on 18 March 1689 by David Leslie, 3rd Earl of Leven to defend Edinburgh against the Jacobite forces of James VII . It's claimed that 800 men were recruited within the space of two hours. The regiment's first action
1311-624: The Second Battle of the Somme in August 1918 and at the Second Battle of the Marne also in August 1918. In the period between the wars , the regiment's regular battalions were sent all over the British Empire to Ireland, Egypt and Hong Kong but were quickly recalled home at the outbreak of the Second World War in September 1939. The 1st Battalion landed in France as part of the 9th Brigade in
1380-685: The Second Continental Congress , scheduled to meet in May 1775. Carleton, while aware of this activity, did nothing to prevent it, beyond discouraging publication of the Congressional letter in the province's only newspaper. Carleton received notice of the start of the rebellion in May 1775, soon followed by the news of the rebel capture of Fort Ticonderoga and Fort Crown Point , and the raid on Fort Saint-Jean . As he had previously sent two of his regiments to Boston, he had only about 800 regular soldiers left in Quebec. His attempts to raise
1449-481: The Third Battle of Gaza in November 1917 before landing at Marseille in April 1918 for service on the Western Front. The 6th (Service) Battalion landed at Boulogne-sur-Mer as part of the 28th Brigade in the 9th (Scottish) Division in May 1915 for service on the Western Front. It saw action at the Battle of Loos in September 1915, the Battle of the Somme in November 1916, the Battle of Arras in May 1917 and
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#17328557728581518-675: The Victoria Cross for his actions during the Second Battle of Maryang-san . The regiment was deployed during the Malayan Emergency in the late 1950s. The regiment was deployed to Aden as the garrison battalion in Aden on internal security duties in February 1962. In April 1964, within three months of its return to the UK and during the 24 hours of its first day as the Spearhead Battalion of
1587-795: The tithe in support of the Catholic Church, as well as seigneurial obligations, such as the corvée (a labor requirement). In late 1774, the First Continental Congress sent letters to Montreal denouncing the Quebec Act for promoting Catholicism by allowing Catholics to hold civil service positions and reinstating the tithe. John Brown , an agent for the Boston Committee of Correspondence , arrived in Montreal in early 1775 as part of an effort to persuade citizens to send delegates to
1656-452: The 1758 attack on Louisbourg . King George II declined to make this appointment, possibly because of negative comments he made about the soldiers of Hanover during his service on the Continent. For some time he was unable to gain active position, until he was sent back to Germany to serve as an aide-de-camp to Duke Ferdinand of Brunswick . In December 1758 Wolfe, now a major general ,
1725-675: The 17th century, and was one of three brothers (the others being Thomas Carleton and William Carleton) who served in the British military. He was born and raised in Strabane in the west of County Tyrone , just across the River Foyle from Lifford in County Donegal . Guy also had a sister, Connolly Crawford. When he was fourteen his father, Christopher Carleton, died, and his mother, Catherine Carleton, then married Reverend Alexander Skelton, who took responsibility for his education. In 1742, at
1794-773: The 1989 Derryard attack which killed two of its men. It took part in the Gulf War in 1991 but was one of the few Scottish regiments not deployed to the Yugoslav Wars : it was being mainly stationed in Northern Ireland instead. The regiment also served in Iraq on Operation Telic in 2003. Until 2004 the regiment was one of five in the line infantry never to have been amalgamated, the others being The Royal Scots , The Green Howards , The Cheshire Regiment and The Royal Welch Fusiliers . When five Scottish regiments were amalgamated to form
1863-521: The Bath . He was promoted to the rank of a general for America only on 26 March 1776. The next month Carleton commanded British naval forces on the Richelieu River , culminating in the Battle of Valcour Island on Lake Champlain in October 1776 against a rebel fleet led by General Benedict Arnold . The British, with a significantly superior fleet, won a decisive victory, destroying or capturing most of
1932-503: The Battle of Passchendaele in November 1917 and the Battle of Lys in April 1918. The regiment's two Territorial Force units, the 1/4th (Border) Battalion and the 1/5th (Dumfries & Galloway) Battalion, landed in Gallipoli as part of the 155th Brigade in the 52nd (Lowland) Division in June 1915. After being evacuated from Gallipoli in January 1916 they moved to Egypt and then took part in
2001-421: The Battle of Passchendaele in November 1917. The 7th (Service) Battalion and the 8th (Service) Battalion landed at Boulogne-sur-Mer as part of the 46th Brigade in the 15th (Scottish) Division in July 1915 for service on the Western Front. They fought at the Battle of Loos in September 1915, the Battle of the Somme in November 1916, the Battle of Arras in May 1917, the Battle of Pilckem Ridge in August 1917,
2070-556: The British set up a new colony, which included the Black Poor from London. Washington disagreed with Sir Guy's actions and wrote: "…the measure is totally different from the letter and spirit of the Treaty but waiving the specialty of the point, leaving this decision to our respective Sovereigns I find it my duty to signify my readiness in conjunction with you to enter into agreements, or take any measures which may be deemed expedient to prevent
2139-478: The City of Edinburgh without prior permission of the provost. For a period it was known as Semphill's Regiment of Foot , the name under which it fought at the Battle of Fontenoy in 1745 and the Battle of Culloden in 1746. When the British infantry were allocated numerical positions in the 'line' of Infantry the regiment was numbered 25th Regiment of Foot (based on its formation date) in 1751. The regiment fought at
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2208-675: The European continent since 1742, it was not until 1747 that Carleton and his regiment were despatched to Flanders . They fought the French, but were unable to prevent the Fall of Bergen-op-Zoom , a major Dutch fortress, and the war was brought to a halt by an armistice . In 1748 the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle was signed and Carleton returned to Britain. He was frustrated to still only be a lieutenant , and believed his opportunities of advancement would be limited with
2277-575: The Jungle Warfare School at Kota Tinggi in Malaysia in August 1965. The regiment were then deployed in the mountainous and primary jungle areas of Sarawak in October 1965. Shortly after its return to the UK the regiment was posted to Osnabrück in June 1967. It was subsequently regularly posted to Northern Ireland as part of Operation Banner during the Troubles and suffered casualties during
2346-523: The Negroes, in which case justice was done to all, the former slaves and the owners. Carleton said that it would be a breach of faith not to honour the British policy of liberty to the Negro and declared that if removing them proved to be an infraction of the treaty, then compensation would have to be paid by the British government. To provide for such a contingency, he had a register kept of all Negroes who left, called
2415-475: The Normandy landings as part of the 44th Brigade in the 15th (Scottish) Division in June 1944 and saw action at the Battle for Caen later that month and then advanced into Germany. One of its heaviest losses during the war was at the ill-fated Battle of Arnhem in which the 7th Battalion, as part of the 1st Airlanding Brigade of 1st Airborne Division , suffered 90% casualties in September 1944; they defended
2484-589: The Thirteen Colonies and Carleton did his best to have them resettled outside the United States. In May he had met with George Washington , among others, to arrange for the implementation of those parts of the Treaty of Paris relating to the evacuation of New York City, then commanded by Carleton and still occupied by the British Army, many Loyalists and former slaves . Carleton had refused to deliver over
2553-696: The UK Strategic Reserve, it was deployed back to Aden in response to the Radfan Campaign in what had become the Federation of South Arabia . Within a year of its return to the UK in May 1965, the regiment was again deployed overseas in response to Indonesia 's aggression in Borneo against newly formed Malaysia . The regiment was at first deployed in Hong Kong, replacing a Gurkha battalion sent to Borneo, then to
2622-414: The act. While the clergy and the seigneurs (petty gentry) were happy with provisions favorable to them, British merchants and migrants from the Thirteen Colonies objected to a number of the provisions, which they thought were pro-Catholic. They argued that only English-speaking Protestants should be able to vote or hold public office. Many of the habitants were unhappy with the provisions reinstating
2691-484: The age of seventeen, Carleton was commissioned as an ensign into the 25th Regiment of Foot , in which in 1745 he was promoted to lieutenant. During this period he became a friend of James Wolfe ; he may have served with Wolfe at the Battle of Culloden during the Jacobite rising of 1745 . Two of his brothers, William and Thomas, also joined the British Army . In 1740 the War of the Austrian Succession broke out in Europe. Despite British troops having been engaged on
2760-423: The end of the war. In 1751 he joined the 1st Foot Guards and in 1752 was promoted to captain . His career received a major boost when he was chosen, at the suggestion of Wolfe, to act as a guide to The 3rd Duke of Richmond during a tour of the battlefields of the recent war. Richmond would become an influential patron to Carleton. In 1757, Guy Carleton was made a lieutenant colonel and served as part of
2829-401: The ensuing siege, which was broken by the arrival of British troops in May 1776 under command of John Burgoyne , who was appointed second-in-command. Carleton's younger brother Thomas was part of the relief effort. Guy Carleton launched a counteroffensive against the rebels, which included repelling an attempted attack on Trois-Rivières . In June 1776, he was appointed a Knight Companion of
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2898-403: The future carrying away any Negroes or other property of the American people." On 28 November the evacuation was finished, and on 5 December Carleton departed from Staten Island to return to England. John Campbell of Strachur succeeded him as Commander-in-Chief, North America, although the post was then much reduced in scope. Upon his return to England, Carleton recommended the creation of
2967-409: The human property to the Americans at the time of the British evacuation. Instead, he proposed a registry so that "the owners might eventually be paid for the slaves who were entitled to their freedom by British Proclamation and promises." Sir Guy noted that nothing could be changed in any Articles that were inconsistent with prior policies or National Honour. He added that the only mode was to pay for
3036-459: The integration of Quebec into the British system. During his absence, Hector Theophilus de Cramahé , the lieutenant governor, ran the provincial government, with the aid of the first chief justice, William Hey , and the Attorney-General , Francis Maseres . The British merchants of Quebec, many of whom had become disaffected to the colonial administration under Murray, were, at least initially, of good will. The merchants would later be agent for e.g.
3105-488: The island. Nestled within the main high way situated directly across from Treasure Cay, Abaco, Bahamas is The Top Real Estate Agency Abaco Estate Services . Abaco Estate Services specializes in the second home and condominium market, focusing on luxurious vacation and retirement residences, including an extensive selection of vacant waterfront and beachfront properties focusing primarily within Treasure Cay. The settlement of Carleton Point , named after Sir Guy Carleton ,
3174-467: The latter the Special Reserve ; the regiment now had one Reserve and two Territorial battalions. The Bachelor's Walk massacre happened in Dublin , on 26 July 1914, when a column of troops of the King's Own Scottish Borderers were accosted by a crowd on Bachelor's Walk . The troops attacked "hostile but unarmed" protesters with rifle fire and bayonets - resulting in the deaths of four civilians and injuries to in excess of 30 more. The 1st Battalion
3243-423: The lines of communication between Kabul and Peshawar . The 3rd (Militia) battalion was embodied in January 1900 for service in the Second Boer War , and 998 officers and men embarked for South Africa on the SS Kildon Castle two months later. Most of the battalion returned home in June 1902. In 1908, the Volunteers and Militia were reorganised nationally, with the former becoming the Territorial Force and
3312-452: The major northern expedition to divide the rebel colonies was given to General Burgoyne. Upset that he had not been given its command, Carleton asked to be recalled. He was replaced as governor and military commander of Quebec in 1778 by Frederick Haldimand , and returned to England. In 1780 he was appointed by Prime Minister Lord North to a commission investigating public finances. This post he held until 1782, when General Sir Henry Clinton
3381-473: The northern part of the Bay of Biscay , 10 miles (16 km) off the coast of France. Carleton led an attack on the French, but was seriously wounded and prevented from taking any further part in the fighting. After four weeks of fighting, the British gained complete control of the island. He was made colonel in 1762 and took part in the British expedition against Cuba , which also included Richard Montgomery , who went on to oppose him in 1775. On 22 July, he
3450-409: The perimeter in Oosterbeek against 2nd SS Panzer Corps . After the Second World War, the regiment served internal security duties in the British Mandate of Palestine and was reduced to a single battalion around 1948. The regiment was part of the United Nations forces that saw action at the First Battle of Maryang San in October 1951 during the Korean War . Private Bill Speakman was awarded
3519-440: The provinces other than Quebec was effective only while he was present in person. He was raised to the Peerage of Great Britain in August 1786 as The 1st Baron Dorchester , Baron of Dorchester in the County of Oxford . The Constitutional Act of 1791 split the large territory of Quebec into Upper and Lower Canada , corresponding roughly to areas settled by ethnic British and ethnic French, respectively. Sir Alured Clarke
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#17328557728583588-429: The rebel fleet, but the delay prevented Carleton from continuing on to capture Fort Ticonderoga that year. His brother Thomas and nephew Christopher both served on his staff during the campaign. The morning following the battle, a small island in Lake Champlain was named Carleton's Prize , perhaps to Carleton's embarrassment at the time. He was promoted to lieutenant general on 6 September 1777. In 1777, command of
3657-408: The reforms the regiment became The King's Own Borderers on 1 July 1881. A 3rd, Militia , Battalion was formed as the Scottish Borderers Militia , with headquarters at Dumfries . The regiment became The King's Own Scottish Borderers in 1887. During the Second Anglo-Afghan War in 1878 to 1880, the regiment formed part of the 2nd division which was renamed the Khyber Line Force while guarding
3726-420: The summer of 1775, Carleton directed the preparation of provincial defences, which were focused on Fort Saint-Jean. In September, the Continental Army began its invasion and besieged the fort . When it fell in November, Carleton was forced to flee from Montreal to Quebec City , escaping capture by disguising himself as a commoner . In December 1775 he directed the city's defences in the Battle of Quebec and
3795-424: Was a British Army officer, peer and colonial administrator. He twice served as Governor of the Province of Quebec , from 1768 to 1778, concurrently serving as Governor General of British North America in that time, and again from 1785 to 1795. The title Baron Dorchester was created on 21 August 1786. He commanded British troops in the American Revolutionary War , first leading the defence of Quebec during
3864-466: Was a line infantry regiment of the British Army , part of the Scottish Division . On 28 March 2006 the regiment was amalgamated with the Royal Scots , the Royal Highland Fusiliers (Princess Margaret's Own Glasgow and Ayrshire Regiment) , the Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) , the Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons) , the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (Princess Louise's) , 52nd Lowland Regiment , and 51st Highland Regiment to form
3933-422: Was at the Battle of Killiecrankie on 27 July 1689. Although this battle was a defeat for the Williamite army, the Jacobite commander, John Graham, 1st Viscount Dundee ( Bonnie Dundee ), was killed by a volley fired by Leven's Regiment, bringing an end to James II's attempt to save his throne in Scotland. The regiment was judged to have performed well and was granted the privilege of recruiting by beat of drum in
4002-453: Was father of Arthur, 2nd Baron Dorchester; Christopher's younger brother, the sixth son, Lieutenant-Colonel George Carleton, was father of Guy, the 3rd Baron. The title was extinct at the 3rd Baron's death in 1897, but it was revived when his daughter, Henrietta, was created Baroness Dorchester ; the title was extinct again at the death of her son, Dudley, 2nd Baron, in 1963. Carleton was promoted to major general on 25 May 1772. While he
4071-516: Was founded in 1783 on the northern end of Sand Banks Cay by about 600 Loyalists fleeing the post-Revolutionary United States. A hurricane hit in 1785, and the settlement was later deserted. The area is served by Treasure Cay Airport . This Bahamian location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester KB (3 September 1724 – 10 November 1808), known between 1776 and 1786 as Sir Guy Carleton ,
4140-451: Was given command of the upcoming campaign against the city of Quebec , and selected Carleton as his quarter-master general. King George refused to make this appointment also until Lord Ligonier talked to the king about the matter and the king changed his mind. When Lieutenant-Colonel Carleton arrived in Halifax he assumed command of six hundred grenadiers . He was with the British forces when they arrived at Quebec in June 1759. Carleton
4209-407: Was in London, the Parliament passed the Quebec Act of 1774 , based upon his recommendations. It determined how the province was to be administered and was part of a continuing effort to respect some French traditions while ensuring rights of citizens as understood by the Kingdom of Great Britain. Carleton and Maria returned to Quebec on 18 September 1774, where he began implementing the provisions of
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#17328557728584278-427: Was initially announced that the Royal Scots and King's Own Scottish Borderers would amalgamate. That amalgamation was subsequently rescinded. The Royal Scots Battalion and King's Own Scottish Borderers Battalion duly amalgamated on 1 August 2006 – upon their amalgamation, the new battalion took the name Royal Scots Borderers, 1st Battalion Royal Regiment of Scotland. The King's Own Scottish Borderers Regimental Museum
4347-500: Was moved to the Scottish Borders region in 1805 from when the regiment became known as the 25th (the King's Own Borderers) Regiment of Foot . The regiment was not fundamentally affected by the Cardwell Reforms of the 1870s, which gave it a depot at Fulford Barracks in York from 1873, or by the Childers reforms of 1881 – as it already possessed two battalions, there was no need for it to amalgamate with another regiment. The regiment moved to Berwick Barracks in July 1881. Under
4416-460: Was named as the lieutenant governor of Lower Canada and John Graves Simcoe the lieutenant governor of Upper Canada. In August 1791 Carleton left for Britain and on 7 February 1792 took his seat in the House of Lords . He left for Canada again on 18 August 1793 to resume his duties there. His replacement, Robert Prescott , arrived in May 1796. On 9 July 1796 Carleton sailed from Canada to Britain, never to return. In retirement Lord Dorchester, as he
4485-471: Was now, lived mostly at Greywell Hill, adjoining Nately Scures , in Hampshire . After about 1805 he moved to Stubbings House at Burchett's Green , near Maidenhead, in Berkshire. On 10 November 1808, he died suddenly at Stubbings. He was buried in the parish church of St Swithun's, Nately Scures . He was honoured by numerous places and educational institutions named for him: 25th Regiment of Foot The King's Own Scottish Borderers ( KOSBs )
4554-468: Was recalled in the aftermath of the 1781 surrender at Yorktown . Carleton was appointed to replace Clinton as Commander-in-Chief, America , in May 1782. His headquarters in New York City were located at Number One Broadway. In August 1783, Carleton was informed that Great Britain would grant the United States its independence. With his exit from New York imminent, Carleton asked to be relieved of his command. With this news, Loyalists began an exodus from
4623-400: Was responsible for the provisioning of the army and also acting as an engineer supervising the placement of cannon. Carleton received a head wound during the Battle of the Plains of Abraham and he returned to England after the battle in October 1759. On 29 March 1761, as the lieutenant colonel of the 72nd Regiment of Foot he took part in the attack on Belle Île , an island off the coast of
4692-420: Was serving in Lucknow , India when the war broke out. After returning to England it landed at Cape Helles in Gallipoli as part of the 87th Brigade in the 29th Division in April 1915. After being evacuated from Gallipoli in January 1916 it moved to Alexandria in Egypt and then landed at Marseille in March 1916 for service on the Western Front . It saw action at the Battle of the Somme in autumn 1916,
4761-400: Was wounded leading an attack on a Spanish outpost. In 1764 he transferred to the 93rd Regiment of Foot . On 7 April 1766, Carleton was named acting Lieutenant Governor and Administrator of Quebec with James Murray officially in charge. He arrived in Quebec on 22 September 1766. As Carleton had no experience in public affairs and came from a politically insignificant family, his appointment
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