Talk:George Prevost

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Not sure how "Succeeded by: John Colborne, 1st Baron Seaton" makes sense. Is this referring to Commander of British North America? I don't see that in Colborne's bio and given that Colborne was at Waterloo, I'm not sure the timing works either. Wasn't Prevost replaced by either Edward Pakenham or Robert Ross (general)? Can someone who knows please comment. Thanks. Deet 20:54, 19 March 2006 (UTC) Ross died at Baltimore and Pakenham at New Orleans. Sir John Murray temporarily replaced Prevost until Gordon Drummond was confirmed in the post of Captain General and Governor in Chief of British North America. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Grodzinski (talk • contribs) 23:39, 17 July 2015 (UTC)

WikiProject Military history/Assessment/Tag & Assess 2008
Article reassessed and graded as start class. --dashiellx (talk) 11:09, 2 May 2008 (UTC)

Spelling of Name
It's clear he had French origins, but did he actually use a accent over the e in his name in his own time? I have my doubts, especially consideringly the level of anti-French feeling in Britain at this time. Do historians commonly write it that way? I've never seen in. A source is certainly needed to clear this up. --Kevlar (talk • contribs) 22:13, 9 February 2010 (UTC) Prevost's family were Huguenots who eventually became British citizens. Given that George Prevost was born in the British colonies, raised in England and served in the British Army, he would never had used the accent over the 'e'. The family pronounces the name 'Preh-vost' not 'Pray-voe' I am the author of "Defender of Canada: Sir George Prevost and the War of 1812,' U of Oklahoma Press, 2013. Thank-you.