General Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester,, known between 1776 and 1786 as Sir Guy Carleton, was a British Army officer and colonial administrator. He twice served as governor of the Province of Queb
Bergen-op-Zoom where Guy Carleton first saw action in 1747. His son, George Carleton, would be killed in a later battle there.
Drawing by a soldier of Wolfe's army depicting the easy climb by Wolfe's soldiers to capture Quebec in Canada
Portrait of Carleton, c. 1760
Alfred Laliberté's Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester sculpture in front of Parliament Building (Quebec)
Battle of Quebec (1775)
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The Battle of Quebec was fought on December 31, 1775, between American Continental Army forces and the British defenders of Quebec City as part of the invasion of Quebec of the American Revolutionary
Guy Carleton, 1st Baron Dorchester
…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 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…
The Death of General Montgomery in the Attack on Quebec, December 31, 1775 John Trumbull, 1786
Brigadier-General Richard Montgomery's troops prepare to embark for the invasion of Canada from Crown Point, New York.
Chaudière River, Arnold's route
Benedict Arnold in 1776, mezzotint engraving by Thomas Hart