George Prevost
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Sir George Prévost (May 19, 1767 – January 5, 1816) was a British soldier and colonial administrator.
Born in New Jersey, the eldest son of Swiss French Augustin Prévost, he joined the military as a youth and became an British Army captain in 1784. Prevost served in the West Indies during the Napoleonic Wars serving as commander of St. Vincent from 1794 to 1796. He became lieutenant-governor of St. Lucia from 1798 to 1802 and governor of Dominica from 1802 to 1805. In 1808 he became governor of Nova Scotia and in May of 1811 he was advised that he would be replacing Governor James Craig and was sent to Quebec. On July 4, 1811 he was officially made lieutenant-general and on October 21st commissioned as governor-in-chief of British North America and made commander of British forces in North America.
He was the commander of British forces during the War of 1812 but was recalled after failing to capture Plattsburgh, New York in 1814. He returned to England for an inquiry in 1815 but died before it could be held.
| Preceded by: Sir James Henry Craig | Governor General of British North America 1812–1815 | Succeeded by: Sir John Coape Sherbrooke External link
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