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These are dark and harrowing times for families and friends of those who are missing or who suffered in the attack - many of you here today. 'At your service today, we think especially of the British victims. She wrote: 'Each and every one of us has been shocked and numbed by what we have witnessed in these recent days. The Millennium Dome in London is officially opened by HM The Queen on January 1.Ģ001: Queen Elizabeth reacts to 9/11 terrorist attacks: A week after the tragedy she sent a message to the British ambassador to Washington, Sir Christopher Meyer to offer her condolences. From 1774 to 1782 Murray was lieutenant-governor and later governor of Minorca, where he directed a spirited, though unsuccessful, defence against a Franco-Spanish besieging force.1999: The marriage of the Queen's son Prince Edward and Sophie Wessex: The wedding took place at St George's Chapel in Windsor.Ģ000: The Queen celebrates the Millennium: Millennium celebrations take place throughout the UK.
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Nevertheless, his administrative arrangements for government were institutionalized in the QUEBEC ACT and were a factor in preventing Québec from becoming the 14th rebellious colony.
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Though charges were dismissed, he did not return to Canada though he retained nominal governorship until April 1768. His willingness to allow French law and custom in the courts further alienated the merchants and led to his recall in April 1766 and he left Canada in June. He was reluctant to call a legislative assembly, promised in the ROYAL PROCLAMATION OF 1763, because he feared that Canadians would be barred from it on religious grounds. A member of the landed gentry, he supported the agrarian, French-speaking inhabitants over the newly arrived, English-speaking merchants. He was sworn in as the first civil governor 10 August 1764. In October 1760 Murray was appointed military governor of the District of Québec and in November 1763 governor of the province. Murray's garrison, weakened by disease, attacked near Ste-Foy, but was driven back into the city and besieged until British warships arrived (see Battle of STE-FOY).
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In April 1760 the Duc de LÉVIS advanced on Québec. After the Battle of the PLAINS OF ABRAHAM he remained in command of the city, facing undefeated French forces up the St Lawrence River. Murray commanded a battalion in the siege of LOUISBOURG in 1758, and was one of James WOLFE's 3 brigadiers at Québec. Murray, James James Murray, military officer, colonial administrator, first British governor of Québec (b at Ballencrieff, Scot /22 d at Beauport House, near Battle, Eng 18 June 1794). The dispute centered on the application of British law and the creation of an Assembly (courtesy National Portrait Gallery). The Englsih merchants had Murray, the first governor of the Province of Québec, recalled. Portrait of General James Murray by an unkown artist, circa 1770-80, oil on canvas.