Commander of the British Troops in Canada

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officers who commanded the Regular Troops of the British Army in Canada until 1906, when the last British garrison was withdrawn.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 CB^[1]
1855–1856: Major-General John Home Home, acting^[2]
1856–1859: Lieutenant-General Sir William Eyre KCB^[3]
1859–1865: Lieutenant-General Sir William Fenwick Williams Bt KCB^[4]

Lieutenant-General on the Staff, commanding the Troops in Canada

1865–1867: Lieutenant-General Sir John Michel GCB^[5]
1867–1870: Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Ash Windham KCB^[6]
February–March 1870: Major-General Sir Charles Hastings Doyle KCMG, 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 KCMG, resumed^[9]
1873–1878: General Sir William O'Grady Haly KCB^[10]
1878–1883: General Sir Patrick Leonard MacDougall KCMG^[11]
1883–1888: General Lord Alexander George Russell CB^[12]
1888–1893: General Sir John Ross GCB^[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 KCMG^[16]

References

Hart's Army List 1850–1908

^ "Rowan, Sir William (1789–1879)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/24195. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ Hart's Army List for 1856, p. 407.
^ "Eyre, Sir William (1805–1859)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/9041. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "Williams, Sir William Fenwick, baronet (1800–1883)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/29561. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ "MICHEL, Sir JOHN". Dictionary of Canadian Biography (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. 1979–2016.
^ "Windham, Sir Charles Ash (1810–1870)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/29722. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ ^a ^b "LINDSAY, Sir JAMES ALEXANDER". Dictionary of Canadian Biography (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. 1979–2016.
^ "No. 23598". The London Gazette. 15 March 1870. p. 1738.
^ Hart's Army List for 1871, p. 546; for 1872, p. 546; for 1873, p. 546.
^ "HALY, Sir WILLIAM O'GRADY". Dictionary of Canadian Biography (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. 1979–2016.
^ "MacDOUGALL, Sir PATRICK LEONARD". Dictionary of Canadian Biography (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. 1979–2016.
^ "No. 25225". The London Gazette. 27 April 1883. p. 2241.
^ "No. 25812". The London Gazette. 1 May 1888. p. 2468.
^ "No. 26405". The London Gazette. 23 May 1893. p. 3002.
^ "No. 26977". The London Gazette. 14 June 1898. p. 3632.
^ "No. 27425". The London Gazette. 15 April 1902. p. 2506.