Prideaux Selby

  • male, deceased (1813)
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Prideaux Selby (baptised 21 December 1747 - May 9 1813) was an English soldier and political figure in Upper Canada. He was born in Alnwick, Northumberland, England a son of the Holy Island branch of the Selby family He joined the 5th Foot Regiment in Ireland in 1781, and arrived in Detroit with the regiment in 1790. In 1792, he was appointed assistant secretary of Indian Affairs by Lieutenant Governor John Graves Simcoe and took up residence in Amherstburg. Wikipedia

Born:
December 21, 1747
Died:
May 9, 1813

Websites about Prideaux Selby

  • Dictionary of Canadian...

    On 21Dec.1781 Prideaux Selby was made an ensign in the 5th Foot, then garrisoned in Ireland, and he was promoted lieutenant on 28Feb.1785.
    www.biographi.ca/EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=36777

  • Wikipedia

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