Bagot, Sir Charles National Historic Person

Kingston, Ontario
Charles Bagot, Governor general of Canada 1841-43 © Courtesy Metropolitan Toronto Reference Library/T14996
Charles Bagot, Governor general of Canada 1841-43
© Courtesy Metropolitan Toronto Reference Library/T14996
Charles Bagot, Governor general of Canada 1841-43 © Courtesy Metropolitan Toronto Reference Library/T14996Bagot, Sir Charles © Parks Canada
Address : Kingston, Ontario

Recognition Statute: Historic Sites and Monuments Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. H-4)
Designation Date: 1926-05-22
Life Date: 1781 to 1843

Other Name(s):
  • Bagot, Sir Charles  (Designation Name)

Importance: Governor General of British North America (1841-43), associated with development of responsible government

Plaque(s)


Existing plaque: grounds of Kingston General Hospital NHSC Kingston, Ontario

Born in Staffordshire, Bagot commenced a distinguished career in the diplomatic service of Great Britain in 1807. As ambassador to the United States he signed the important Rush-Bagot Convention of 1818 limiting naval armaments on the Great Lakes. In 1842 he assumed the office of Governor General of Canada. Although the principle of responsible government had not yet been conceded, an executive council, which he believed to have the confidence of the assembly, was chosen under his administration.