Sir
George
Prevost
1st Bt
Born in New Jersey
Ancestors 
Son of Augustine Prevost
and [mother unknown]
Brother of
Augustine Prevost and James Prevost
[spouse(s) unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
George Prevost 2nd Bt
Died
at age 48
in London, England
Profile last modified
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George Prevost 1st Bt is Notable.
| Preceded by Sir John Wentworth |
Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia 1808 - 1811 |
Succeeded by Sir John Coape Sherbrooke |
| Preceded by Lieutenant General Sir James Craig |
7th Governor General of British North America 1811 - 1815 |
Succeeded by Lieutenant General Gordon Drummond |
Biography
In 1802 Prevost was made governor of Dominica. On 15 Jan. 1808 he was appointed lieutenant governor of Nova Scotia and on 21 Oct. 1811 was commissioned governor-in-chief of British North America He was also made commander of British forces in North America.
FROM THEPEERAGE.COM:
Sir George Prevost, 1st Bt. was born on 19 May 1767.1 He was the son of Augustine Prevost and Anne Margaret Grand.3
He married Catherine Anne Phipps, daughter of Maj.-Gen. Unknown Phipps and Jane MacLeod, on 19 May 1789.1
He died on 5 January 1816 at age 48.1
He gained the rank of Colonel in the service of the 16th Regt.1 He was Governor-General and Commander of the British Forces at North America.1 He gained the rank of Lieutenant-General in the service of the 60th Regiment.1 He was created 1st Baronet Prevost, of Belmont, Hampshire [U.K.] on 6 December 1805.1
Children of Sir George Prevost, 1st Bt. and Catherine Anne Phipps
Unknown Daughter Prevost1
Unknown Daughter Prevost1
Venerable Sir George Prevost, 2nd Bt.+3 b. 20 Aug 1804, d. 18 Mar 1893[1]
Sources
- ↑ http://www.thepeerage.com/p55293.htm#c552923: Citations: 1. [S37] BP2003 volume 3, page 3214. [S37] Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003. Hereinafter cited as. [S37] 2. [S130] Wikipedia, online http;//www.wikipedia.org. Hereinafter cited as Wikipedia. 3. [S37] BP2003. [S37]
- Peter Burroughs, “PREVOST, Sir GEORGE,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 5, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed November 14, 2014, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/prevost_george_5E.html.
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