Sir guy carleton biography sample

          CARLETON, GUY, 1st Baron DORCHESTER, army officer and colonial administrator; b.

        1. CARLETON, GUY, 1st Baron DORCHESTER, army officer and colonial administrator; b.
        2. Since retiring in as emeritus, he has served as a visiting professor at Carleton University, the University of Chicago and the University of Manitoba.
        3. Born into the Anglo-Irish gentry, Carleton began his military career in at the age of 17, and served briefly in the War of Austrian Succession and in the.
        4. This biography of Sir Guy Carleton was first published in the famous Makers of Canada series in , and re-issued in 1.
        5. Reynolds' Guy. Carleton, A Biography.

          6. Born into the Anglo-Irish gentry, Carleton began his military career in at the age of 17, and served briefly in the War of Austrian Succession and in the..

          Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester was the third son of Christopher Carleton of Newry in County Down,and his wife, Catherine daughter of Henry Ball of County Donegal.

          He was born at Strabane on 3rd September His father died when Guy was about fourteen and his mother afterwards married the Rev. Thomas Skelton of Newry. According to Samuel Burdy, the biographer of Philip Skelton, "Sir Guy's eminence in the World was owing in a great degreeto the care which his step-father, Thomas Skelton, took of his education".

          On 21st May , Guy was appointed ensign in the Earl of Rothes' Regiment (afterwards the 25th Foot) and obtained his promotion as lieutenant in the same regiment on 1 May Changing his regiment, he became lieutenant of the 1st Foot Guards on 22nd July and was appointed captain-lieutenant and lieutenant-colonel on 18th June In June and July , he took part in the Siege of Louisburg, under General Amherst, and, on 24th August, was made lieutenant-colonel of the 72nd Foot.