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2 unusual facts about John Colborne, 1st Baron Seaton


Jean-Baptiste Dumouchelle

When he returned to Saint-BenoƮt he found his home and business in ruins from the pillaging of Colborne's troops during 1837.

Paul Holland Knowlton

He was named to the Special Council that then administered the province by colonial administrator Sir John Colborne.


An Infamous Army

Seeing this, Colonel Sir John Colborne leads his regiment, the Fighting 52nd, across the battlefield from the right flank and Wellington calls for a general advance of Peregrine Maitland's Grenadier Guards, completing the French rout.

Carden Township

Sir John Colborne, Lieutenant-Governor of Upper Canada from 1830 to 1836 named the town to honour Admiral John Surman Carden 1771-1858 who embarked Sir John following the relief of Sir John Moore's army at Corunna in the Peninsula War.

John Colborne, 1st Baron Seaton

In November 1866 a bronze statue of Colborne sculpted by George Adams and financed by public donations was erected at Mount Wise at Devonport: it was moved to Seaton Barracks in Crownhill in the early 1960s and then to Peninsula Barracks in Winchester in the 1990s.


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