Major Charles Lawrence administered the government of Nova Scotia from 1753, became officially Governor in 1756: died in 1760.
Horace Walpole, 1717-97: son of Sir Robert Walpole: wrote several books, but is most famous for his letters. Most of the letters here quoted were written to Sir Horace Mann, the British envoy at Florence.
Henry Seymour Conway, 1721-95: was a soldier and statesman, who had been much criticised for his failure in an expedition to Rochfort in 1757.
Lord Holderness (Robert D'Arcy), 1718-78: Secretary of State, 1751-61.
James Wolfe, 1727-59: military commander of the Quebec expedition of 1759. On his death, George Townshend, 1724-1807, succeeded to the command at Quebec. He returned to England and left the defence to James Murray, 1719-94. The commander-in-chief in N. America was Jeffrey Amherst, 1717-97. The Admiral at Quebec was Sir Charles Saunders, 1713-75.
Marquis de Montcalm, 1712-59: French General in North America, 1756-9.
Samuel Hearne, 1745-92: made the first inland explorations undertaken by the Hudson Bay Company, 1770-5.
Sir Alexander Mackenzie, 1755-1820: explored the Mackenzie river, 1789, and crossed the Rockies to the Pacific in 1793. Captain George Vancouver, R.N., 1758-98, was exploring the coast at the same time.
Louis Rodrigue Masson, 1833-1903: a member of the Canadian Senate and Lieut.-Governor of Quebec, collected and published narratives by a number of traders in the service of the North-West Company.