The Queen's Rangers

By George Herbert Locke and Margaret Ray

History of the Queen's Rangers from the early 1700's to the late 1800's, with the bulk of the content regarding the Queen's Rangers activities during the American Revolutionary War and later roles of assisting settlement, and defending Upper Canada, now known as Ontario, Canada. 

Contents include:

• • Introduction
  • The Queen's Rangers of The (American) Revolution
  • The Queen's Rangers of Upper Canada
  • The Queen's Rangers of the Rebellion of 1837
  • Biographies (short)
    • John Graves Simcoe
    • Samuel Peter Jarvis
    • Samuel Smith
    • Aeneas Shaw
    • David Shank
    • Richard Armstrong
    • John Saunders
    • John McGill
    • Thomas Merritt
    • Allan McNab
  • Appendix - A List of members of the Queen's Rangers who were included in the Surrender of Yorktown, 1781.

This book is the published edition of the paper presented by George H. Locke at the June, 1923 meeting of the Ontario Historical Society at Kingston.

Details:

31 Pages
8.5"" X 11"
Originally published 1923
This edition published by Global Heritage Press, Milton, 2005
ISBN 1-897210-77-9 (coil bound)

About the author: George Herbert Locke

Born at Beamsville, Ontario  in  1870 and educated at Victoria College and the University of Toronto, Locke taught at Toronto, Chicago and Harvard Universities and was Dean of Education at Chicago and at MacDonald  College before becoming Chief Librarian of the Toronto Public Libraries. In that position, he transformed a small institution into one of the most respected library systems on the continent. Sometime President of the American Library Association, one of the founders of the Arts and Letters Club, he was a gifted speaker and the author of books and articles on literary, historical, and professional themes. He died in Toronto. in 1937