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In 1752, John Graves Simcoe was born the third of four sons to Captain John Simcoe and Katherine Stamford, in Cotterstock, England. A serious student of modern history, English and Latin poetry, Simcoe continued to study verse for most of his life. In 1775, Simcoe pursued a military career which sent him to Boston, Mass., two days after the battle of Bunker Hill. He served in the British army throughout the American Revolution. His experience in the army was a rewarding one. He received command of the Queen’s Rangers in 1777, a loyalist corps, and obtained the provincial rank of major. During the war, Simcoe was promoted to lieutenant-colonel and acquired a reputation as a tactical theorist. Simcoe continued in the British army after the American Revolution and in 1801 was promoted to lieutenant general, dying in 1806 while in command of a British expedition being sent to Portugal. |
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