Commander of the British Troops in Canada
Commander of the British Army in Canada
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This is a list of officers who commanded the Regular Troops of the British Army in Canada until 1906, when the last British garrison was withdrawn.
From 1875 there was a separate commander of the Canadian Militia. This officer was responsible to the government of Canada and was the predecessor of the present Commander of the Canadian Army.
Commanders
Lieutenant-General on the Staff, commanding the Troops in North America
- 1849–1855: Lieutenant-General William Rowan[1]
- 1855–1856: Major-General John Home Home, acting[2]
- 1856–1859: Lieutenant-General Sir William Eyre[3]
- 1859–1865: Lieutenant-General Sir William Fenwick Williams 1st Baronet[4]
Lieutenant-General on the Staff, commanding the Troops in Canada
- 1865–1867: Lieutenant-General Sir John Michel[5]
- 1867–1870: Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Ash Windham[6]
- February–March 1870: Major-General Sir Charles Hastings Doyle, acting[7]
- March–September 1870: Lieutenant-General the Hon. James Alexander Lindsay, employed on a particular service to oversee the reduction of British troops[7][8]
- 1870–1873: Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Hastings Doyle, resumed[9]
- 1873–1878: General Sir William O'Grady Haly[10]
- 1878–1883: General Sir Patrick Leonard MacDougall[11]
- 1883–1888: General Lord Alexander George Russell[12]
- 1888–1893: General Sir John Ross[13]
- 1893–1898: General Alexander George Montgomery Moore[14]
- 1898–1901: Lieutenant-General Lord William Frederick Ernest Seymour[15]
Colonel on the Staff, commanding the Troops in Canada
- 1902–1906: Major-General Sir Charles Sim Bremridge Parsons[16]