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See also:BROCK, See also:SIR See also:ISAAC (1769—1812) , See also:British soldier and See also:administrator, was See also:born at St See also:- PETER
- PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
- PETER (PEDRO)
- PETER, EPISTLES OF
- PETER, ST
Peter See also:Port, See also:Guernsey, on the 6th of See also:October 1769. Joining the See also:army at the See also:age of fifteen as an See also:ensign of the 8th See also:regiment, he became a See also:lieutenant-See also:colonel in 1797, after less than thirteen years' service. He commanded the 49th regiment in the expedition to See also:North See also:- HOLLAND
- HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)
- HOLLAND, COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF
- HOLLAND, HENRY FOX, 1ST BARON (1705–1774)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (1S9o-,649)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3RD
- HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881)
- HOLLAND, PHILEMON (1552-1637)
- HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)
- HOLLAND, SIR HENRY, BART
Holland in 1799,was wounded at the See also:battle of See also:Egmont-op-Zee, and subsequently served on See also:board the British See also:fleet at the battle of See also:Copenhagen. From 1802 to 1805 he was with his regiment in See also:Canada, returning thither in 18o6 in view of the imminence of See also:war between See also:Great See also:Britain and the See also:United States. From See also:September 18o6 till See also:August 1810 he was in See also:charge of the See also:garrison at See also:Quebec; in the latter See also:year he assumed the command of the troops in Upper Canada, and soon afterwards took over the See also:civil See also:administration of that See also:province as provisional lieutenant-See also:governor. On the outbreak of the war of 1812 Brock had to defend Upper Canada against invasion by the United States. In the See also:face of many difficulties and not a little disaffection, he organized the See also:militia of the province, drove back the invaders, and on the 16th of August 1812, with about 730 men and 600 See also:Indians commanded by their See also:chief See also:Tecumseh, compelled the See also:American force of 2500 men under See also:General See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William See also:Hull (1753—1825) to surrender at See also:Detroit, an achievement which gained him a See also:knighthood of the See also:Bath and the popular See also:title of " the See also:hero of Upper Canada." From Detroit he hurried to the See also:Niagara frontier, but on the 13th of October in the same year was killed at the battle of Queenston Heights. The See also:House of See also:Commons voted a public See also:monument to his memory, which was erected in See also:Saint See also:Paul's See also:cathedral, See also:London. On the 13th of October 1824, the twelfth anniversary of his See also:death, his remains were removed from the bastions of Fort See also:George, where they had been originally interred, and placed beneath a monument on Queenston Heights, erected by the provincial legislature. This was blown up by a fanatic in 1840, but as the result of a See also:mass-See also:- MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)
meeting of over 8000 citizens held on the spot, a new and more stately monument was erected.
His See also:Lie and See also:Correspondence by his See also:nephew, See also:Ferdinand Brock See also:Tupper (and edition, London, 1847), still remains the best; later lives are by D. R. Read (See also:Toronto, 1894), and by See also:Lady See also:Edgar (Toronto and London, 1905). (W. L.
End of Article: BROCK, SIR ISAAC (1769—1812)
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