# John Graves Simcoe

> Lieutenant-General John Graves Simcoe was a British army officer, politician, and colonial administrator who served as the lieutenant governor of Upper Canada from 1791 to '96. He founded York, the present-day city of Toronto, in 1793 and was instrumental in introducing institutions such as courts of law, trial by jury, English common law, freehold land tenure, and also in the abolition of slavery in Upper Canada.

*British army officer and the first Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada (1752-1806)*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Politician
- **Category:** Politicians
- **Born:** 1752-02-25
- **Died:** 1806-10-26
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
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- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100

## Sources
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- [Джон Грэйвс Сімка](https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%93%D1%80%D1%8D%D0%B9%D0%B2%D1%81_%D0%A1%D1%96%D0%BC%D0%BA%D0%B0)
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- [جۆن گرەیڤس سیمکۆ](https://ckb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%DB%86%D9%86_%DA%AF%D8%B1%DB%95%DB%8C%DA%A4%D8%B3_%D8%B3%DB%8C%D9%85%DA%A9%DB%86)
- [John Graves Simcoe](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Graves_Simcoe)
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- [Симко, Джон Грейвс](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B8%D0%BC%D0%BA%D0%BE%2C_%D0%94%D0%B6%D0%BE%D0%BD_%D0%93%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B9%D0%B2%D1%81)
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- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q561352)

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