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| Brock, Isaac | |||
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Queenston
Heights-3 Battle of Queenston Heights, Upper Canada, and the death of Sir Isaac
Brock, October, 1812. ID #20619 |
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General
Isaac Brock The uniform of General Isaac Brock with the fatal bullet hole,
received during the Battle of Queenston Heights, Upper Canada, 1812. ID #20084 |
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Sir
Isaac Brock Sir Isaac Brock (1769-1812) was the General in charge of British
troops when the War of 1812 broke out. This commemorative stamps also depicts his
Monument
at Queenston Heights, Upper Canada, where he died in October, 1812. ID #21661 |
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| Brown, George | |||
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George
Brown Scottish-born George Brown (1818-1880) came to Toronto in 1843 and
began his
influential newspaper, Globe, there in 1844 and became the powerful leader of the Clear
Grit Liberals of Upper Canada by 1857. ID #20707 |
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| Bruce, James | |||
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James
Bruce James Bruce, 8th Earl of Elgin, (1811-1863), who became Governor-General
of
Canada West in 1847, recognized and carried out responsible rule. ID #20107 |
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| Burns, E.L.M. | |||
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E.L.M.
Burns Lieutenant-General ELM Burns, Commander, United Nations Emergency
Force, and
his secretary, in Egypt, 1956. ID #21891 |
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ELM
Burns Ambassador ELM Burns addressing United Nations Disarmament
Commission. ID #21892 |
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| Butler, John | |||
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Colonel
John Butler Colonel John Butler (?-1794) was a Connecticut Loyalist, serving under
Sir William Johnson in commanding Indians at Niagara. In 1776 he organized Butler's
Rangers from Loyalists driven from Mohawk Valley farms. ID #21678 |
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| By, John | |||
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Colonel
John By Colonel John By, a Royal Engineer, directing the building of the Rideau
Canal, 1826, which was completed by 1832 and thereby joined Bytown (future Ottawa) with
Kingston. By Charles W. Jefferys (1869- 1951). ID #23268 |
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John
By A commemorative Canadian stamp of John By, who, as a Royal Engineer, first
worked on the fortifications of Quebec City and in 1826 supervised the construction of the
Rideau Canal in Upper Canada. ID #23010 |
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