1. Robert Prescott was recalled to England in 1799 after conflict with the Catholic Church and disputes with Anglo-Canadian elites over land distribution.
15 Facts About Robert Prescott
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Robert Prescott continued to hold his position until 1807, with his lieutenant governors acting in his absence.
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Robert Prescott died in 1815 after unsuccessful attempts to clear his name.
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The Dictionary of Canadian Biography is correct in its claim that General Robert Prescott was the son of Captain Richard Robert Prescott of Major-General Charles Sybourg's Horse, now the 7th Dragoon Guards.
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Robert Prescott enlisted in the British Army in 1745 and became an ensign in the 15th Regiment of Foot.
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Robert Prescott became an aide-de-camp to General Jeffery Amherst in 1759, participating in the Montreal campaign.
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Robert Prescott delivered despatches to England announcing the fall of Fort Levis in 1760, which was near where the town of Prescott, Ontario would later be founded and named in his honour.
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Robert Prescott reappears in the military record with the outbreak of the American War of Independence in 1775.
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Robert Prescott then served in the West Indies and became Governor of Martinique in 1794.
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Robert Prescott banned the immigration of Catholic priests from France, and placed the Catholic Church in Canada under strict surveillance, arguing that the colonial government should confiscate the estates held by the Sulpician order.
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Robert Prescott was faced with a refugee crisis, as many United Empire Loyalists and others who had fled United States to settle in Canada had still not received legal title to any lands, and had either returned to the US or began squatting on Canadian land instead.
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Robert Prescott began to suspect a conspiracy dating back to at least 1794 amongst members of the Executive Council, including Osgoode, Hugh Finlay and John Young, to exploit their official positions to acquire large tracts of land for themselves.
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The Executive Council condemned Robert Prescott's attempted solution to the land issue, leading him to believe that his suspicions had been confirmed.
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Robert Prescott officially remained in his position until 1807, but never returned to Lower Canada.
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Robert Prescott died on 21 December 1815 at Rose Green, West Sussex, aged about 89.