1. Lieutenant-General John Clitherow was a British army officer and colonial administrator.
17 Facts About John Clitherow
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John Clitherow was briefly Deputy Governor-General of the Province of Canada in 1841.
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The John Clitherow family were wealthy London merchants throughout the 17th and 18th centuries and owned Boston Manor House in Brentford, from 1670 onwards.
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In 1809, John Clitherow married Sarah Christie Burton, daughter of General Napier Christie Burton and granddaughter of General Gabriel Christie, who had served with the British Army in the Revolutionary War, afterwards settling in Lower Canada, where he acquired extensive land-holdings.
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However, the marriage ended when John Clitherow divorced Sarah in 1819, by private Act of Parliament.
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John Clitherow enlisted in the British Army as an ensign in 1799.
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John Clitherow served in the Egyptian campaign of 1801, an expedition to Germany in 1805, and an expedition to the Netherlands in 1809.
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John Clitherow participated in the Peninsular War from 1810 to 1815, being wounded twice.
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John Clitherow was promoted to colonel in 1821, and to major-general in 1830.
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In 1838, John Clitherow was posted to British North America, to serve as commanding officer of the military district of Montreal.
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John Clitherow was accompanied by his son, who served as his aide-de-camp.
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John Clitherow arrived in Montreal in March, 1838, shortly after the Lower Canada Rebellion had broken out in late 1837.
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John Clitherow served as an advisor to Lord Durham as a member of the Special Council that administered Lower Canada following the rebellion.
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John Clitherow presided over courts martial that prosecuted the rebels.
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In that capacity, on 18 September 1841, John Clitherow prorogued the first session of the first Parliament of the Province of Canada.
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John Clitherow remained the Deputy Governor General for six days, until the Commander-in-Chief of the British Army in Canada, Sir Richard Downes Jackson, was appointed as Administrator.
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In 1842, John Clitherow inherited the family estate, Boston Manor in Brentford, England.