In 1841, he was transferred to Canada West to command British forces there and was made governor by Lord Sydenham.
Charles Poulett Thomson, 1st Baron Sydenham (1799 - 1841), British politician and first Governor of the united Province of Canada
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Charles Poulett Thomson, 1st Baron Sydenham, Sir Charles Bagot and Sir Charles Metcalfe lived at Alwington House.
In 1841, the united Province of Canada's Governor General, Lord Sydenham, argued for establishment of a bank that would issue dollar currency (the Canadian dollar).