George Simpson (Manitoba Museum)

Sir George Simpson (1787 – 7 September 1860) was a Scots-Quebecer and employee of the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC). His title was Governor-in-Chief of Rupert's Land and the Indian Territories in British North America (now Canada) from 1821 to 1860. Image File history File links Gsimpson. ... Image File history File links Gsimpson. ... Year 1787 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... September 7 is the 250th day of the year (251st in leap years). ... 1860 is the leap year starting on Sunday. ... The Scot-Quebecers (French language: Écossais-Québécois), were pioneer settlers who emigrated from their native Scotland to Quebec in British North America beginning in the late 1700s. ... The Hudsons Bay Company (HBC; Compagnie de la Baie dHudson in French) is the oldest commercial corporation in North America and is one of the oldest in the world. ... Ruperts Land Ruperts Land was a territory in British North America, consisting of the Hudson Bay drainage basin, most of it now part of modern Canada. ... British North America was an informal term first used in 1783, but uncommon before the Report on the Affairs of British North America (1839), called the Durham Report. ... The coronation banquet for George IV 1821 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...

George Simpson was born in Dingwall, Ross-shire, Scotland, the only son of George Simpson, Sr., a writer in Dingwall. He was raised by his father, assisted by Sir George's grandmother Isobel Mackenzie and her two daughters Jean and Mary, in Dingwall in Ross-shire. He was most likely born in early 1792, as he was a schoolfellow of his "relative," Aemilius Simpson, also born in 1792. See Dingwall (name) for the Scottish family name. ... Ross-shire (Siorrachd Rois in Gaelic), or simply Ross, is a traditional county of Scotland bordering on Sutherland, Cromartyshire (of which it contains many enclaves), Inverness-shire and on an exclave of Nairnshire. ... Motto (Latin) No one provokes me with impunity Cha togar mfhearg gun dioladh (Scottish Gaelic)1 Wha daur meddle wi me?(Scots)1 Anthem (Multiple unofficial anthems) Scotlands location in Europe Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow Official languages English, Gaelic Government Constitutional monarchy  -  Queen Queen Elizabeth II  -  Prime... See Dingwall (name) for the Scottish family name. ... Ross-shire (Siorrachd Rois in Gaelic), or simply Ross, is a traditional county of Scotland bordering on Sutherland, Cromartyshire (of which it contains many enclaves), Inverness-shire and on an exclave of Nairnshire. ...

At age sixteen, in 1808, he went to London and was trained in business at his uncle Geddes Mackenzie Simpson's sugar company, Graham and Simpson. His skills interested partner Andrew Colville (also known as Andrew Wedderburn Colvile), who was also a high ranking HBC executive. Colvile encouraged Simpson to join the London office of the HBC, and by 1821, Simpson became the Governor of the Northern Department of the Hudson's Bay Company. Simpson oversaw the merging of the HBC and the North West Company in 1821, and sought to streamline the company by closing competing fur trade posts. Not willing to remain in London to oversee operations, he maintained homes during his tenure in Montreal and the Red River Settlement. He was an avid traveller and visited fur trade posts across North America. A stern taskmaster, he pushed his travelling crewmen to extremes in order to travel as quickly as possible from post to post. This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... Wall Street, Manhattan is the location of the New York Stock Exchange and is often used as a symbol for the world of business. ... Magnification of grains of sugar, showing their monoclinic hemihedral crystalline structure. ... Andrew Wedderburn Colville (also spelt Colvile) was a London governor of the Hudsons Bay Company. ... The coronation banquet for George IV 1821 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Today, the North West Company is a grocery vendor in remote communities across northern Canada, Alaska and Greenland. ... The coronation banquet for George IV 1821 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... An Alberta fur trader in the 1890s. ... Nickname: Motto: Concordia Salus (salvation through harmony) Coordinates: Country Canada Province Quebec Founded 1642 Established 1832 Government  - Mayor Gérald Tremblay Area [1][2][3]  - City 365. ... The Red River Colony was a colonization project set up by Thomas Douglas, 5th Earl of Selkirk in 1811 on 300 000 km² of land granted to him by the Hudsons Bay Company under what is referred to as the Selkirk Concession. ... World map showing North America A satellite composite image of North America. ...

In recognition of his tireless work with the HBC, Simpson was knighted by Queen Victoria in 1841. A statue of an armoured knight of the Middle Ages For the chess piece, see knight (chess). ... Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901) was the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837, and the first Empress of India from 1 May 1876, until her death on 22 January 1901. ... 1841 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Simpson married Geddes Mackenzie Simpson's daughter. Frances Ramsay Simpson, in 1830, by whom he had five children: George Geddes 1832, Frances Webster 1833, Augusta D'Este 1841; Margaret Mackenzie 1843, and John Henry Pelly 1850. By other unions he had seven more children: Maria Louisa 1815, Isabella 1817, Maria 1822, James Keith 1823, George Stewart 1827, and John Mackenzie 1829. Descendants of these children have distinguished themselves in Canada in the fields of the fur trade, agriculture, medicine, politics, and the military. Liberty Leading the People by Eugène Delacroix commemorates the July Revolution 1830 (MDCCCXXX) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...

Simpson died in Montreal in 1860 and is buried at Mount Royal Cemetery. Opened in 1852, Mount Royal Cemetery is a 165-acre (668 000 m²) terraced cemetery on the north slope of Mount Royal in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. ...

Colin Robertson (July 27, 1783 – February 4, 1842) was a n early Canadian fur trader and political figure. ... Alexander Grant Dallas (25 July 1816 – 3 January 1882) was both Chief Factor of the west-of-the-Rockies portion of the Hudsons Bay Company and the Governor of Ruperts Land. ...

External links

• Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
• Hudson's Bay Company Biography