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General Sir James Henry Craig KB (
Gibraltar 1748 –
12 January 1812 London) was a
British military officer and colonial administrator.
In
1795, the
Netherlands fell under the
revolutionary government of
Napoleon's
France, and
Stadtholder Prince
William V of Orange became a refugee in
England. A
British force under General Sir James Craig set out to
Cape Town to secure the colony against the French. The
Battle of Muizenberg successfully wrested control from
William V of Orange to Britain.
In
1805, he was appointed to lead another expedition, this time to Italy, but the mission was aborted after the Austrian defeat at the
Battle of Ulm.
Craig concurrently held the positions of
Governor-General of
the Canadas and
lieutenant-governor of
Lower Canada from
1807 to
1811. Craig considered measures such as creating
English counties and replacing the
legislative assembly with an appointed government as a means of increasing the power of English speakers in predominantly French Lower Canada. He also tried to encourage
immigration from Britain and the
United States in hopes of making the French a minority.
See also: List of Governors General of Canada and List of Lieutenant Governors of Quebec
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