Roger Hale Sheaffe
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General Sir Roger Hale Sheaffe 1st Baronet |
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Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada Acting |
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In office 1812–1813 |
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| Monarch | George III |
| Governor General | George Prévost |
| Acting for | Francis Gore |
| Preceded by | Sir Isaac Brock |
| Succeeded by | Francis de Rottenburg |
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| Born |
15 July 1763 Boston, Massachusetts, British America |
| Died |
17 July 1851 (aged 88) 36 Melville Street, Edinburgh |
| Awards | 1st Baronet Shaeffe, created 16 January 1813 |
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| Allegiance |
 United Kingdom
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| Service/branch |
 British Army
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| Years of service | 1778–1835 |
| Rank | General |
| Commands |
 Upper Canada (until 1813)Montreal (1813–1815) |
| Battles/wars |
French Revolutionary Wars War of 1812 Upper Canada Rebellion |
General Sir Roger Hale Sheaffe, 1st Baronet (15 July 1763 – 17 July 1851) was a Loyalist General in the British Army during the War of 1812. he was created a Baronet in 1813 and afterwards served as Commander and acting Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada. There is conflicting information to statements regarding his military accomplishments (1812) in the "Letters of Veritas" in and around page 50.
Roger Hale Sheaffe was born at Boston, Massachusetts, the third son and eighth child of William Sheaffe (1705–1771), a graduate of Harvard University who became Deputy Collector of Customs at Boston. His mother, Susannah Child (1730–1811), was the daughter of Thomas Child and Susannah Hatch. Her father was an Englishman of the same family as Richard Child, 1st Earl Tylney. He owned considerable property in his native Lincolnshire but emigrated to Boston where he co-founded Trinity Church, in 1733.
One of Roger's sisters, Margaret, married Robert Livingston, of Clermont Manor, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. Another sister, Susanna, married Captain Ponsonby Molesworth, grandson of Robert Molesworth, 1st Viscount Molesworth. A third sister married Benjamin Clarke Cutler, brother of Mrs Samuel Ward.
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