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Lieutenant-General John Graves Simcoe 1752-1806

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Plaque Location

England
Devon
In Wolford Chapel, Honiton and at Cathedral Close near St. Peter's Cathedral

Plaque Summary from the Ontario Heritage Trust's website

During his five-year term as the first lieutenant-governor of the newly-created province of Upper Canada (1791-96), Simcoe was responsible for establishing the provincial legislature, founding the town of York, limiting slavery in the province, encouraging settlement and immigration, and opening major communication routes throughout Upper Canada.

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