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officers who commanded the regular troops of the British Army in Canada until 1906, when the last British garrison was withdrawn.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 Dominion government 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]
• 1898–1900: 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

1. "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.)
2. Hart's Army List for 1856, p. 407.
3. "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.)
4. "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.)
5. "MICHEL, Sir JOHN". Dictionary of Canadian Biography (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. 1979–2016.
6. "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.)
7. "LINDSAY, Sir JAMES ALEXANDER". Dictionary of Canadian Biography (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. 1979–2016.
8. The London Gazette: no. 23598. p. 1738. 15 March 1870.
9. Hart's Army List for 1871, p. 546; for 1872, p. 546; for 1873, p. 546.
10. "HALY, Sir WILLIAM O'GRADY". Dictionary of Canadian Biography (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. 1979–2016.
11. "MacDOUGALL, Sir PATRICK LEONARD". Dictionary of Canadian Biography (online ed.). University of Toronto Press. 1979–2016.
12. The London Gazette: no. 25225. p. 2241. 27 April 1883.
13. The London Gazette: no. 25812. p. 2468. 1 May 1888.
14. The London Gazette: no. 26405. p. 3002. 23 May 1893.
15. The London Gazette: no. 26977. p. 3632. 14 June 1898.
16. The London Gazette: no. 27425. p. 2506. 15 April 1902.